Perceived Barriers to Exercise in Individuals Living With Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trial

Official title:

Perceived Barriers to Exercise in Individuals Living With Spinal Cord Injury.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00786786
• Other study ID #: 2008-6465
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 4, 2008
• Last updated: November 2, 2010
• Start date: August 2008
• Est. completion date: September 2010

Study information

• Verified date: November 2010
• Source: University of California, Irvine
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Purpose: This project is designed to identify what the key barriers to participating in exercise are for the general population of people living with spinal cord injury (SCI) in the United States (US).

Description:

Purpose: This project is designed to identify what the key barriers to participating in exercise are for the general population of people living with spinal cord injury (SCI) in the United States (US).

Background: A previous study of 681 people living with SCI demonstrated that the majority of participants thought that exercise was important (97%), but that only 57% actually had access to exercise (K.D. Anderson. 2004. Targeting recovery: Priorities of the spinal cord injured population. J. Neurotrauma. 21:1371-1383). The next step in continuing that research is to determine in more detail what the perceived barriers to exercise are so that they can be addressed in multiple settings (research design of exercise protocols, community access and awareness, clinical effectiveness, etc.).

Methods: Internet-based survey of people with spinal cord injuries (SCI). Expected Results:

It is expected that the perceived barriers will fall under 3 main categories (internal, resources, and structural). However, there may be other barriers we are unaware of, for example, societal or cultural factors or other factors completely unforeseen.

Relevance to Rehabilitation: The findings of this project will provide valuable information needed to design strategies aimed at improving participation in exercise by people living with SCI. SCI results in several secondary health conditions over time, which can likely be positively impacted by exercise.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1000
• Est. completion date: September 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Any person with a spinal cord injury who is at least 18 years of age, lives in the United States of America, and can read English.

Exclusion Criteria:

• People who cannot read English will not be included because the website will be hosted in English and the survey software (phpQuestionnaire 2.2 by Chumpsoft, Inc.) default language is English.

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Spinal Cord Injuries
• Spinal Cord Injury

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of California, Irvine	Irvine	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of California, Irvine

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States,