Obesity/Overweight in Persons With Early and Chronic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

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Conditions studied: Overweight, Obese, Spinal Cord Injury

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine how exercise and nutritional guidance and supplementation affects your physical fitness, risk for heart disease, your body's ability to burn fat, and your opinions about your health.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01467817

Run by

University of Miami

People needed

29

Starts

2010-09-01

Expected to finish

2016-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-11-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• participants will include 64 men and women aged 18-65 years with SCI (AIS A-C) at the C5-L1 levels for more than 1 year.
• the International Standards for Neurological Classification of SCI (ASIA/ISCoS) will serve as benchmarks for subject classification. A physician-rater experienced in these procedures will classify subjects upon study entry.

You may not qualify if…

• Study candidates will be excluded from study because of:
• structured exercise conditioning for recreation or competition within 6 months of study entry;
• defined diet involving caloric restriction or nutrient modification;
• weight loss or gain of 5% within the preceding 6 months;
• surgery within 6 months;
• pressure ulcer within 3 months;
• upper limb pain that limits exercise;
• recurrent acute infection or illness requiring hospitalization or IV antibiotics;
• pregnancy;
• previous MI or cardiac surgery;
• 6 month history of glucose-lowering and lipid-lowering drug therapy;
• Type I or II diabetes (by WHO criteria); and
• daily intake of vitamin supplements exceeding 100% RDA.

Where it is running

• University Of Miami — Miami, Florida, United States

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