Acute Effect of Ventilatory Support During Exercise in Spinal Cord Injury
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The investigators have an existing exercise program (N\>70) with a unique population of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) who have been enrolled in Functional Electrical Stimulation - Rowing Training (FES-RT) for at least 6 months. Previous data in the laboratory from this exercise platform has recently showed that respiratory restriction in SCI reduces inspiratory capacity in direct relation to lesion level, and those with high level injuries have the greatest compromise. As a result, the increase in ventilatory requirements with FES training results in an imbalance between ventilatory capacity and greater whole body skeletal muscle demand after FES rowing training. Hence, external ventilatory support could improve the ability to exercise train and hence enhance the adaptations to chronic exercise in high level SCI. If our hypothesis is correct, this indicates that maximal aerobic capacity in these individuals exceeds maximal voluntary ventilation. It will be important to determine however the consistency of this response and at what level of injury it is not observed. In parallel of the study # NCT02865343, the investigators will recruit here a population of subjects who have completed six months of FES-row exercise training across a range of SCI level (C5-T12). Hence, the investigators will be able to determine the consistency of the effect and the dependence of the effect on SCI level. Some of them with level \>T3 may also enroll in training effect study with NIV or sham NIV (NCT02865343))
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03267212
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 15 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Non-invasive ventilation(NIV) Device
- Sham Non-invasive ventilation(NIV) Device
- Functional Electrical Stimulation Row Training (FESRT) Other
Device · Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 70 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Jul 13, 2017
- Primary completion
- Jan 31, 2019
- Completion
- Mar 31, 2019
- Last update posted
- Apr 8, 2020
2017 – 2019
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spaulding Hospital Cambridge | Cambridge | Massachusetts | 02138 | — |
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