Body composition and resting energy expenditure in individuals with spinal cord injury

Recruiting

Conditions: spinal cord injury
10041543

Registration Number: NL-OMON46436

Lead Sponsor: Vrije Universiteit

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

- Age between 18 and 75 years
- Complete or incomplete SCI at or below C5 (i.e. not on a ventilator)
- Chronic (>1 year) SCI

Exclusion Criteria

- Presence of metabolic syndrome
- Pregnant
- Presence of menstruation period at day of measurement
- Recent presence (<1 month) of any infection such as urinary or respiratory tract infections
- Presence of a pacemaker
- Presence of pressure ulcers
- insufficient knowledge of the Dutch language to understand the content of the study and questionnaires
- Presence of progressive illness
- Presence of psychiatric disorders
- Presence of edema
- Presence of fever (>39 degrees)

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational non invasive

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Body composition measured by DXA, Bod Pod, and BIA. DXA and Bod Pod will be<br /><br>used as gold standard to determine fat mass, fat percentage and fat free mass,<br /><br>while the outcomes of BIA will be used to compare with the standard and develop<br /><br>a new formula to predict the fat free mass in people with SCI.<br /><br>Resting energy expenditure in Kcal/day measured by indirect calorimetry. Fat<br /><br>mass and fat free mass will be included in developing predictive REE formulas<br /><br>for SCI populations.<br /><br>Primary outcome measures:<br /><br>- resting energy expenditure in Kcal/day<br /><br>- Fat mass (kg)<br /><br>- Fat free mass (kg)</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Anthropometrics: body mass (kg), height (cm), Bodymass index (BMI), waist<br /><br>circumference (cm), Fat free mass (kg and %), fat mass (kg and %).<br /><br>Gender, age, lesion level and motor completeness, time since injury,<br /><br>educational level, present co-morbidities, alcohol consumption, smoking habits<br /><br>and ethnicity.</p><br>