Wheelchair Mobility Assessment of Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury

Completed

Conditions studied: Spinal Cord Injury

In brief

The specific aims of this study are: 1) to assess the test-retest reliability of a modification of an existing wheelchair propulsion assessment and 2) validate the modification against traditional measures of physical strength, power, and endurance in a group of persons with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01204047

Run by

University of Miami

People needed

62

Starts

2008-03-01

Expected to finish

2012-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-07-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Spinal Cord Injury
• American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS) A-D
• Self-reported ability to self-propel themselves in a manual wheelchair
• Age 18 or older

You may not qualify if…

• surgery within 6 months
• pressure ulcer within 3 months
• upper limb pain that limits completion of exercise
• recurrent acute infection or illness requiring hospitalization or IV antibiotics
• pregnancy
• previous myocardial infarction or cardiac surgery

Where it is running

• The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis — Miami, Florida, United States

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