Wheelchair User Physical Activity Training Intervention to Enhance Cardiometabolic Health

Description

The goal of the study is to improve cardiometabolic health outcomes for wheelchair users and identify strategies for achieving sufficient physical activity intensity during bouts of structured physical activity.

Conditions

Physical Disability

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Study overview

The goal of the study is to improve cardiometabolic health outcomes for wheelchair users and identify strategies for achieving sufficient physical activity intensity during bouts of structured physical activity.

Wheelchair User Physical Activity Training Intervention to Enhance Cardiometabolic Health (WATCH): A Community-based Randomized Control Trial

Wheelchair User Physical Activity Training Intervention to Enhance Cardiometabolic Health

Condition
Physical Disability
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Saint Louis

Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63108

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Age 18 years or older
  • * Has a physical disability requiring the use of a wheelchair (includes manual wheelchairs, motorized wheelchairs, motor-assisted wheelchairs, and electric scooters)
  • * Community-dwelling
  • * Ability to independently move one or both upper extremities
  • * Has participated in no more than 60 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity per week in the past month
  • * English-speaking
  • * Able to provide informed consent
  • * Willing to participate in two assessments and 40 intervention sessions
  • * Determination by their physician to be medically unstable
  • * Has had cardiovascular complications within the past year or unstable heart disease
  • * Currently receiving medical treatment for an acute injury
  • * Presence of a stage IV pressure injury
  • * Currently pregnant or suspect pregnancy

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Washington University School of Medicine,

Kerri A Morgan, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Washington University School of Medicine

Study Record Dates

2027-10-01