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Exercise to Reduce Obesity in Spinal Cord Injury

NCT00270855 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 29

Last updated 2017-11-17

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Summary

The purpose of this proposal was to evaluate and compare the health benefits of using upper extremity exercise versus functional electrical stimulation for lower extremity exercise. It was our hypothesis that both Functional Electrical Stimulation Leg Cycle Ergometry (FES LCE) exercise and voluntary Arm Crank Ergometry (ACE) upper extremity exercise would increase whole body energy expenditure, thereby increasing muscle mass, insulin sensitivity, glucose effectiveness and improving lipid profiles in adults with paraplegia.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Arm Crank Ergometry

Use of an upper body cycle to perform exercise. 10-minute warm up, 40 minutes @ 70%HRMax (50RPM), 10 minute cool down 5x/week x 16 weeks

PROCEDURE

FES Cycle Ergometer

Use of an FES cycle ergometer to perform exercise. 10-minute warm up, 40 minutes @ 70%HRMax (50RPM), 10 minute cool down 5x/week x 16 weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)

    collaborator NIH

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • David R Gater, MD PhD MS · Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-05-31
Primary Completion
2011-06-30
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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