Promoting physical activity in individuals with spinal cord injury
Completed
- Conditions
- spinal cord injuryspinal cord lesion10041543
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
- Recent spinal cord injury
- Between 18 and 65 years of age
- Sufficient comprehension of the Dutch language to understand the purpose of the study and its testing methods
- No progressive disease or a psychiatric condition that may interfere with participation
Exclusion Criteria
- Contraindications for exercise
- Not able to perform the handcycle training intervention
- Prognosis of becoming mainly ambulatory
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The evaluation will primary contain objectively measured level of everyday<br /><br>physical activity (accelerometry-based activity monitor during 5 days). This<br /><br>measurement will be performed in both the FIT and Behave+FIT group at the<br /><br>beginning of the intervention period (T1), at discharge from the rehabilitation<br /><br>center (T2), 6 months after discharge (T3), and 1 year after discharge (T4). </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secondary parameters are: subjectively measured level of everyday physical<br /><br>activity (questionnaire), the effects on physical fitness (aerobic capacity),<br /><br>anthropometry (body mass index and waist circumference) and metabolic fitness<br /><br>(biochemical markers). Questionnaires will be used for functionality, fatigue,<br /><br>secondary problems, pain, social and sports participation, quality of life,<br /><br>self-efficacy, attitude, coping, and depression. Measurements will be performed<br /><br>in both groups at T1, T2, T3 and T4. </p><br>