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A Randomized Exercise Trial for Wheelchair Users

NCT00866112 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 135

Last updated 2012-06-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

People with mobility disabilities are at greater risk than the general population for incurring health problems. Many of these conditions are preventable through behavior and lifestyle changes such as exercise and physical activity. Recent evidence suggests that people with disabilities experience the same physiologic response to exercise as the general population. Nonetheless, nearly three-fourths of those with disabilities report being entirely sedentary or not active enough to achieve health benefits. Despite some knowledge of issues that limit physical activity among this population, few studies have investigated methods for promoting physical activity adoption among people with disabilities, including wheelchair users. The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of a behavioral intervention to promote physical activity adoption over 6 months and maintenance of physical activity over another 6 months by community-dwelling manual wheelchair users.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Educational session to promote physical activity

Educational session, goal setting, self monitoring of daily engagement in physical activity

OTHER

Minimal contact

Self guided education manual about adopting physical activity, self monitor daily engagement in physical activity

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Kansas

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Katherine Froehlich-Grobe, PhD · University of Kansas

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
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
2011-02-28
Completion
2012-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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