Hybrid High-intensity Interval Training for Persons With Spinal Cord Injury. A Feasibility Study

Spinal Cord Injuries Clinical Trial

Official title: "Feasibility of High-intensity Interval Training (HIIT) as Hybrid Exercise Using Functional Electrical Stimulation Leg-cycling (FEScycling) and Ski Ergometer (SkiErg) With the Arms for People With Chronic Spinal Cord Injury Paraplegia"

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This study examines safety and feasibility of a study protocol using a combination of functional electrical legcycling with voluntary armwork (hybrid training) as either skiergometer or armcycling in high intensity intervals for persons with spinal cord injury paraplegia.

Clinical Trial Description

Cardiovascular disease is one of the most common causes of early death in people with spinal cord injury. Physical activity at high intensity is known to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in other patient groups.

During aerobic training, combining functional electrical stimulation (FES) with voluntary arm-work induces a higher oxygen uptake than FES cycling alone and high intensity interval training induces higher oxygen uptake than training at continuous intensity. The hypothesis is that combining hybrid training with high-intensity induces even higher oxygen uptake thereby reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease. This training modality has not been tested before, so before conducting a randomized controlled trial testing the effect of this training modality on oxygen uptake, the aim was to asses safety and feasibility of this protocol. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Spinal Cord Injuries
• Wounds and Injuries

• NCT number: NCT04211311
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Southern Denmark
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 30, 2018
• Completion date: June 1, 2018