Intensive long-term rehabilitation for people livingwith chronic spinal cord injury: a feasibility trial

Griffith University0 sites5 target enrollmentJune 3, 2021

Overview

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

June 3, 2021

End Date

June 17, 2022

Last Updated

3 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

•Inclusion/exclusion criteria for participants have been determined in consultation with medical and
•rehabilitation specialists including a clinician with a lived experience of SCI.
•Participants are eligible to be included in the study only if all the following criteria apply:
•i. Have sustained a traumatic spinal cord injury a minimum of 12 months prior to consent
•and have completed their primary rehabilitation;
•ii. Have stable neurological level and functional ability of more than 6 months in duration;
•iii. Are over 18 years and able to give informed consent;
•iv. Are ASIA A or B (as per the International Standards for Neurological Classification of
•v. Are able and willing to attend an exercise program five times per week for 26 (16 weeks 'on\-site' and 10 weeks 'at\-home') weeks;
•vi. Are considered by their general practitioner or specialist medical consultant to be fit to

•Participants are excluded from the study if any of the following criteria apply:
•i. Have significant concomitant central nervous system, peripheral nervous system or
•musculoskeletal system injuries or disorders limiting ability to exercise;
•ii. Have had recent major trauma or surgery within the last 6 months;
•iii. Have an existing stage 3 or 4 pressure ulcer according to the National Pressure Ulcer
•Advisory Panel classification;
•iv. Have endocrinopathy or metabolic disorders of the bone, such as Paget’s disease, lytic
•or renal bone disease, and senile osteoporosis;
•v. Have a medical history of exposure to medication(s) known to affect mineral or bone
•metabolism;