Health in Individuals With a Spinal Cord Injury: a Prospective Study

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Individuals with a spinal cord injury need to exercise regularly to prevent the decline of health that results from a sedentary lifestyle. The purpose of this investigation is to examine the effects of a pre-existing exercise program and respiratory training on measures of health and quality of life in individuals who elect to participate in an existing 8-week supervised exercise program.

Clinical Trial Description

The life expectancy of individuals with spinal cord injuries (SCI) has increased over the past decade. Yet, this population continues to present with an increased risk of a number of secondary health conditions, many of which occur sooner and at a higher rate than the normative population. As a program established to address this post-rehabilitative exercise participation necessity, it is determined that the Spinal Mobility fitness program, if found effective, can have vast positive effects in addressing aspects of health, function fitness, and overall quality of life for individuals with SCI. In addition to the need for exercise respiratory training is an important component of prevention of illness in individuals with a spinal cord injury. Genitourinary, skin disease and respiratory disorders are the top 3 reasons. Developing effective respiratory training programs in addition to exercise programs are critical for the prevention of illness and enabling a high quality of life. Pneumonia and septicemia are the two leading causes of decreased life expectancy in this population. Adding respiratory training to the spinal mobility program would be an appropriate intervention to further prevent health decline in these individuals.The spinal mobility course runs for eight weeks two times each year for 8 sessions for 4 to 5 hours each on Saturdays. Additionally individuals can participate in spinal mobility fitness training up to 3 times a week for one to three hours. ;

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT03743077
Study type	Interventional
Source	Columbia University
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	September 10, 2016
Completion date	June 10, 2019

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