NCT04408287

Improving Activity Engagement Among Persons With SCI During COVID-19

Completed NA Last updated 15 March 2024

What this trial tests

NA trial testing WebEx Physical Activity Program in Spinal Cord Injuries in 20 participants. Completed in 31 December 2022.

Timeline

15 September 2020

Primary endpoint
28 December 2022

31 December 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	na
Design	single group
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	20
Start date	15 September 2020
Primary completion	28 December 2022
Estimated completion	31 December 2022
Sites	1 location across Canada

Drugs / interventions tested

• WebEx Physical Activity Program

Conditions studied

• Spinal Cord Injuries — all drugs for Spinal Cord Injuries →

Sponsor

London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Spinal Cord Injuries. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

During the current COVID-19 pandemic many spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation services are limited to emergency management, leaving those living in the community without access to services. Unfortunately, this can lead to negative effects including increase in emotional distress, feelings of isolation, and decreased activity engagement. Due to their limited mobility and greater likelihood of respiratory illness it is imperative to provide alternative forms of activity engagement to reduce their risk for secondary complications. Physical activity has been demonstrate to have numerous benefits for individuals with SCI ranging from enhanced health through prevention of secondary complications to improved subjective well-being. The current study proposes to provide an online physical activity program through web-based videoconferencing to person with SCI to improve overall wellbeing and activity engagement. The program will consist of six weeks of twice-weekly, 45-minute sessions in which an experienced fitness instructor (i.e., wheelchair aerobics) with lived experience and a Kinesiology graduate student will lead online sessions. The sessions will be comprised of a 10-minute warm-up phase, a 25-minute aerobic phase and a 10-minute cool-down phase that will incorporate upper-extremity flexibility exercises and guided meditation. In all cases, remote (i.e., in-home) participant monitoring of physiological signals will be conducted by the instructor to ensure safety of participants. Once the program has been completed, participants will be asked to complete self-report questionnaires related to acceptability, feasibility, and limited effectiveness. Participants will also be asked to complete a brief semi-structured interview examining barriers and facilitators of the program. Participant feedback from the interviews will be used to further develop of the program to meet the needs of the population and develop sustainable approaches for access to care in the community setting through collaborations with community partners (SCI Ontario, National SCI Alliance, Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation). Ultimately, the proposed project aims to improve overall wellbeing and access to health care service for those with SCI during the COVID-19 quarantine.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Virtual Strategies for the Broad Delivery of High Intensity Exercise in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury: Ongoing Studies and Considerations for Implementation.
   McMillan DW, Astorino TA, Correa MA, Nash MS, et al · · 2021 · cited 4× · PMID 34423292 · DOI 10.3389/fspor.2021.703816