Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

University of South Carolina

Code:

NCT05959837

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injuries

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Adaptive Rowing Exercise

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to examine usability of a locally built adaptive rower for people with spinal cord injury using an established and tested design.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. What exercise intensity of activity do users achieve on the rower for steady state and interval rowing plans?
2. What assistance is required for setup and usage of the adaptive rower?
3. What do users think about the ease of use and what is their satisfaction with the adaptive rower?

Participants will complete a one-time exercise session with two adaptive rower bouts (10-15 minutes each) with a rest period in between.

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injuries

Study ID

NCT05959837

Start date

Jul 24, 2023

Status verified date

Aug, 2024

Completion date

Jun, 2025

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct, 2024

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • use a wheelchair for mobility,
  • can perform the rowing motion with their arms
  • have enough grip strength to maintain grip on the rower handle with or without grip assist straps
  • are cleared to exercise through the electronic physical readiness questionnaire or physician release

Exclusion Criteria:

  • current self-reported pressure wounds
  • pain with rowing motion.

Study Design

Enrollment

15 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Single Group Intervention Arm

Exercise intervention with adaptive rower

Interventions

Adaptive Rowing Exercise

Participants will perform two bouts of rowing exercise each with a 2-minute warm up and cool down in addition to the following: (1)10 minutes of steady state rowing with goals to achieve moderate intensity exertion levels, followed by a variable rest period to return exertion and heart rate to initial levels, (2) 10 minutes of interval rowing alternating between one minute of low-moderate intensity and 30 seconds of moderate-vigorous intensity.

Primary outcome measure

  • Heart Rate, (beats per minute), mean and range at rest, mean and range during steady state portion, mean and range during interval portion [ Time Frame: During Exercise intervention ]
  • Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE)-Borg 6-20 Scale [ Time Frame: During Exercise intervention ]
  • Pain Scale (0-10 visual analog scale, higher means worse pain ) and body location of pain verbalized by participant and recorded by study personnel [ Time Frame: During Exercise intervention ]
  • Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (Short); average score (1-5) [ Time Frame: Immediately after the intervention ]
  • System Useability Scale, average score (1-5) [ Time Frame: Immediately after the intervention ]
  • Pain Scale (0-10 visual analog scale, higher means worse pain ) and body location of pain [ Time Frame: Two days post intervention ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Elizabeth Regan

803-777-5028eregan@mailbox.sc.edu

Locations

Public Health Research Center

Recruiting

Columbia, South Carolina, United States, 29208

Contacts

Elizabeth W Regan, DPT, PhD

704-609-2409eregan@mailbox.sc.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of South Carolina

Last update posted

Aug 5, 2024

Last verified

Aug, 2024

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of South Carolina on 2024-08-05.