Assessing Dietary Requirements in Relation to Resting Metabolic Rate in Spinal Cord Injury

Completed

Conditions studied: Spinal Cord Injuries, Dietary Habits

In brief

Assess the relationship between body composition, metabolism, and dietary needs in people with spinal cord injury compared to their healthy controls that are age and sex matched.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03518892

Run by

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

People needed

16

Starts

2018-03-19

Expected to finish

2020-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-12-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• C4-L2 motor complete (AIS A \& B) Spinal Cord injury for duration greater than 12 months.
• <5% change in body in body weight over the past 12 months 5. Fluent in written and spoken English

You may not qualify if…

• <22% body fat
• Coronary artery disease
• Type 1 diabetes mellitus, insulin-requiring Type 2 or untreated diabetes mellitus (fasting glucose>126 or HgbA1c>7.0)
• Hypothyroidism, and/or renal disease
• Decisional impairment
• Prisoner

Where it is running

• Milton S. Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

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