Clinical trial NCT00866112: A Randomized Exercise Trial for Wheelchair Users
Official title: A Randomized Exercise Trial for Wheelchair Users
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Spinal Cord Injury
Multiple Sclerosis
Muscular Dystrophy
Cerebral Palsy
Spina Bifida
Amputation
Arthritis
Stroke
Keywords: Wheelchair use
Spinal cord injury
Multiple sclerosis
Muscular dystrophy
Cerebral palsy
Spina bifida
Amputation
Arthritis
Stroke
Lead sponsor: University of Kansas Medical Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2009-03-20
Enrollment: 135
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL

Brief summary: People with mobility disabilities are at greater risk than the general population for incurring health problems. Many of these conditions are preventable through behavior and lifestyle changes such as exercise and physical activity. Recent evidence suggests that people with disabilities experience the same physiologic response to exercise as the general population. Nonetheless, nearly three-fourths of those with disabilities report being entirely sedentary or not active enough to achieve health benefits. Despite some knowledge of issues that limit physical activity among this population, few studies have investigated methods for promoting physical activity adoption among people with disabilities, including wheelchair users. The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of a behavioral intervention to promote physical activity adoption over 6 months and maintenance of physical activity over another 6 months by community-dwelling manual wheelchair users.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Be experiencing a permanent disability of at least 6 months that limits mobility sufficiently to require use of a wheelchair as the primary method of mobility outside the home
* Have not been moderately to vigorously physically active for the past 6 months
* Be willing to attend the educational workshop
* Receive physician approval for participation

Exclusion criteria include:

* Presence of medical conditions such as uncontrolled cardiovascular problems that the patient's physician identifies as being contraindicated for exercise
* Pregnancy or planning to become pregnant

Primary outcomes:
measure: Weekly minutes spent in aerobic and strengthening activity
timeFrame: Baseline, 12, 26 and 52 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Lawrence
country: United States
facility: University of Kansas
state: Kansas
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Kansas
name: Katherine Froehlich-Grobe, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Froehlich-Grobe K, Nary DE, VanSciver A, Washburn RA, Aaronson L. Truth be told: evidence of wheelchair users' accuracy in reporting their height and weight. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2012 Nov;93(11):2055-61. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.05.005. Epub 2012 May 15.
citation: Nary DE, Froehlich-Grobe K, Aaronson L. Recruitment issues in a randomized controlled exercise trial targeting wheelchair users. Contemp Clin Trials. 2011 Mar;32(2):188-95. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2010.10.010. Epub 2010 Oct 27.