Performance Developement of Patients With Paraplegia During First Rehabilitation

Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Activity

Treatments: Other: No intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: NETWORK

Identifiers

NCT03405558

2017-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

A high physical fitness is crucial for a good quality of life in persons suffering from a spinal cord injury. The aim of the present observational study is to investigate the influence of an individually tailored 8-week endurance training program on endurance performance of patients with a paraplegia during their first rehabilitation.

Enrollment: 14 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Written informed consent
• male or female, paraplegia (AIS A-C, lesion Level Th1-Th12)
• Age 18-65 years
• Manual wheelchair user
• Patient during first rehabilitation

Exclusion criteria

• BMI ≥ 30
• unable to use an arm-crank Ergometer due to e.g. spasticity
• physical impairment, which makes it impossible to perform an arm-crank ergometry
• Progressive disease (g.g. tumor, MS)
• Ventilator dependent
• existing cardiopulmonary disease
• Unstable medical situation