Physical Activity Guidelines for People With Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

McMaster University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: Spinal Cord Injury

Treatments: Behavioral: Physical Activity Guidelines

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01368172

HicksPAGs

Details and patient eligibility

About

The first evidence-based physical activity guidelines for people with spinal cord injury were released in March, 2011. This project will evaluate the implementation of the new physical activity guidelines in a community exercise setting in Hamilton, Ontario. The investigators hypothesize that persons who follow the guidelines will experience increased aerobic fitness and muscle strength. The investigators also hypothesize that participants will find the guidelines easy to follow and that their self-efficacy for participating in physical activity will be improved following the study period.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• adults with spinal cord injury who have been given clearance to exercise by their primary care physician (or healthcare team)

Exclusion criteria

• ventilatory support
• inability to voluntarily participate in upper body exercises
• inability to communicate in English
• ongoing infection
• unstable autonomic dysreflexia

Trial design

30 participants in 2 patient groups

Physical Activity Guidelines

Experimental group

Description:

Participants randomized to this arm received training/guidance on following the physical activity guidelines for adults with spinal cord injury

Treatment:

Behavioral: Physical Activity Guidelines

Control

No Intervention group