Effect of Upper-body Rowing on Cardiometabolic Risk in Spinal Cord Injured Wheelchair Users

Spinal Cord Injuries Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of Wheelchair-modified Upper-body Rowing Exercise on Traditional and Novel Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Spinal Cord Injured Wheelchair Users - Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04390087
• Other study ID #: N-20190053
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 11, 2021
• Est. completion date: November 25, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: May 2024
• Source: Aalborg University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This randomized controlled trial will determine the effects of 12-weeks of wheelchair user-modified upper-body rowing on both traditional cardiometabolic risk factors in SCI manual wheelchair users.

Description:

This randomized controlled trial aims to determine the effects of 12-weeks of wheelchair user-modified upper-body rowing on both traditional (insulin resistance, obesity, dyslipidemia (including low HDL-C and elevated TG and blood pressure) and novel (inflammatory status, autonomic nervous system function, vascular structure and function, and cardiorespiratory fitness level) cardiometabolic risk factors in SCI manual wheelchair users. As secondary objectives, this trial will investigate the effects of the exercise intervention on free-living physical activity, shoulder pain, and indices of quality of life.

Men and women, aged 18-65 years; chronic SCI (≥1 year since injury); individuals with sufficient sparing of arm function to participate in upper-body rowing; using a manual wheelchair as a primary tool for mobility will be included in the trial.

The exercise training will be conducted as wheelchair-modified upper-body ergometer rowing. The training will be performed for up to 30 min, 3 times per week with moderate-to-vigorous intensity, with at least one rest day between sessions.

Outcome measurements will be performed immediately before (baseline), after (post) 12 weeks of training, and 6 months after the termination of the intervention period (follow up). This approach allows for assessment of the short term effects of exercise training as well as any residual effects from the training intervention on cardiometabolic risk, shoulder pain, indices of quality of life, and free-living physical activity

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 18
• Est. completion date: November 25, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: November 25, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18-65 years;

• chronic SCI (=1 year since injury)

• individuals with sufficient sparing of arm function to participate in upper-body rowing (i.e. as a minimum excluding individuals with complete SCI at or above C5)

• using a manual wheelchair as a primary tool for mobility.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Individuals who regularly engage in >150 min/week of moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity

• have received a cortisone injection in the shoulder within the last four months

• have had shoulder injury within the previous year

• known medical issues (urinary tract infections, cardiovascular contraindications for exercise testing, and pressure sores)

• diagnosed diabetes or any endocrine, heart, kidney, liver disease or any other disease that may limit the ability to perform exercise.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Exercise Training
• Spinal Cord Injuries

Intervention

Other:
• Exercise
Upper-body rowing performed while participants are sitting in their own wheelchair.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Aalborg University	Aalborg

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Aalborg University	Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	fasting insulin	Serum fasting insulin concentration will be measured from approximately 20 mL blood drawn from a peripheral vein	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	Arterial blood pressure	Resting systolic and diastolic BP will be measured with an automated blood pressure monitoring device	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	Body mass	Body mass (kg)	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	Heart rate variability (HRV)	HRV will be derived from spectral analysis of the R-R interval obtained from the ECG.	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	Vascular structure	Intima media thickness (mm)	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	Fasting blood glucose	Venous blood sampling	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	Cardiorespiratory fitness level	Peak oxygen consumption	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	Shoulder pain	the Wheelchair Users Shoulder Pain Index (WUSPI)). Consist of 15 items each consisting og a visual analog scales (pain from 0-10, with 10 representing maximum pain).	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	Free-living physical activity	Wrist-worn accelerometer	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	Health-related quality of life (HRQOL)	Short-form 36 (SF-36). 0-100, with 100 representing the best possible health.	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	body mass index	BMI (kg/m2)	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	Waist Circumference	Measured in cm	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	Conduit artery function	Flow-mediated dilation (percent change from baseline)	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	Resistance vessel function	Reactive hyperemia (blood flow area under the curve)	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	Vascular function	Blood flow (ml/min)	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	Long-term blood glucose	HbA1c (percent)	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	HDL cholesterol	Concentration (mmol/l)	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	LDL cholesterol	concentration (mmol/l)	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	Triglyceride	concentration (mmol/l)	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	C-reactive protein	mg/l	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	Alanin-aminotransferase	U/L	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	Interleukin 6	Anti and pro-inflammatory cytokine	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	Tumor necrosis factor-alpha	Pro-inflammatory cytokine	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	Interleukin-10	Antoinflammatory cytokine	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)
Secondary	Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist	Anti-inflammatory cytokine	The between group difference in change in outcome will be examined from baseline to post intervention (12-weeks follow-up) (primary endpoint) and again from 12-weeks follow-up to 6-months follow-up (secondary endpoint)