Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Mrs Deborah Hill
ORCID ID
Contact details
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
Brockley Hill
Stanmore
HA7 4LP
United Kingdom
+44
debandben@btinternet.com
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0209192238
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Which method of arm exercise (arm cranking or circuit training) results in the greatest energy expenditure for people following a spinal cord injury (SCI)?
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled pilot study
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Musculoskeletal Diseases: Spinal cord injury (SCI)
Intervention
Participants will be randomised to receive arm cranking or circuit training first; the second exercise scheme will be used at the second date. Measurement of peak heart rate, peak O2 consumption, energy expenditure and rate of perceived exertion for each exercise regime.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Peak heart rate, peak O2 consumption, energy expenditure and rate of perceived exertion for each exercise regime.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
03/01/2007
Overall trial end date
10/01/2007
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Participants must have sustained a spinal cord injury (either complete or incomplete) and have a neurological level at of below C6
2. Must be under care of Rehabilitation Consultant at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
3. Over 18 years old
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
8-10
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Participants with spinal cord injury above C6
2. Acute upper limb injury (fracture/ dislocation/ shoulder pain), history of cardiac diseases
3. Pressure sore on weight-bearing skin areas
Recruitment start date
03/01/2007
Recruitment end date
10/01/2007
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust
Stanmore
HA7 4LP
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (UK), NHS R&D Support Funding
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
Not published - part of degree.