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



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Hospital, Hospital, Orthopedic
Therapuetic Areas:Orthopedics / Podiatry, Other
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - 65
Updated:5/18/2018
Start Date:March 19, 2018
End Date:March 2021
Contact:Research Coordinator
Email:PMR_Research@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Phone:7175310003

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria
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.

This study will quantify body composition and resting metabolic rate and then compare these
parameters to results from a nutritional analysis. Participants will have two study visits
that include physical exam, blood draws, resting metabolic rate, DXA scan, and dietary
assessments.

Inclusion Criteria:

- C4 - L2 Motor complete (AIS A&B) Spinal Cord Injury for duration greater than 12
months

- <5% change in body weight over the past 12 months

- Fluent in written and spoken English

Exclusion Criteria:

- <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
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