Tele-Exercise for Empowered Movement in Spinal Cord Injury
This study is testing a program called TEEMS (Tele-Exercise to Promote Empowered Movement with Spinal Cord Injury) to help people with spinal cord injury (SCI) be more physically active. You would either join live online exercise classes (Synchronous Group exercise) or receive videos to exercise on your own (Asynchronous exercise). Researchers want to see if TEEMS helps you feel more confident about exercising and increases your physical activity. To join, you need to be 18-75 years old, at least 12 months past your SCI, able to lift your shoulders more than 25% of their range, use assistive technology for mobility, and not currently be in structured rehabilitation. The study plans to enroll 200 people, but its current status is unclear.
- Study design
- This is a randomized controlled trial, meaning participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. The study aims to enroll 200 participants.
- What's involved
- You would participate in the TEEMS program twice a week for 8 weeks. Researchers will measure your exercise confidence and physical activity at the start, at 8 weeks, and again at 16 weeks.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed for 16 weeks after starting the program.
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Tele-Exercise to Promote Empowered Movement in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Margaret Finley, PT, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Drexel University
- Laura Baehr, PT, DPT, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Drexel University
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What this trial measures
- Exercise Self Efficacyat baseline (enrollment), 8-weeks, 16-weeks
The SCI Exercise Self-efficacy Scale (ESES).This self-report measures the construct of self-efficacy, or personal beliefs in one's capabilities relating to exercise participation in individuals with SCI. Self-efficacy is cited as the most critical personal factor to behavior change. This outcome demonstrates reliability and high internal consistency.
- Exercise Outcome Expectationsbaseline (enrollment), 8-weeks and 16-weeks
The Multidimensional Outcome Expectations for Exercise Scale (MOEES). This self-report measure addresses physical, social, and self-evaluative components of outcome expectations, another critical element needed for health behavior change. This tool also demonstrates high internal consistency and validity
- Leisure Time Physical Activity Questionnaire for People with Spinal Cord Injury (LTPAQ-SCI)baseline (enrollment), one -week, 8-weeks, 16-weeks
The Leisure Time Physical Activity Questionnaire for People with Spinal Cord Injury (LTPAQ-SCI) is an SCI-specific, self-report measure of leisure-time physical activity that assesses minutes of mild, moderate, and heavy intensity leisure-time physical activity performed over the previous 7-days. Test-retest reliability and criterion validity of the LTPAQ-SCI has been established. The LTPAQ will be obtained an additional time following participation in the first tele-exercise class.
- Physical Activity Measure.baseline (enrollment), 8-weeks, 16-weeks
Physical Activity monitoring: To assess physical activity engagement, mobility function monitoring will be performed by using an activity monitor (GENEActiv) placed on the non-dominant wrist of the individual over a duration of 7 days (matching the duration of the self-report LTPAQ).
- Subjective Quality of Life Questionnaire (SQoL)baseline (enrollment), 8-weeks, 16-weeks
This questionnaire is a global measure of subjective perception of QoL. The scale is a Likert-type scale measuring satisfaction with life as a whole: Participants are asked to take everything in their life into account and rate it on an ordinal scale from 1 (life is very distressing; it's hard to imagine how it could get much worse) to 7 (life is great; it's hard to imagine how it could get much better).
- Qualitative databaseline, 8-weeks
Focus group data collection will be conducted via secure web-based video conferencing platform (Zoom). Data will be obtained at pre-program and post-program (8-weeks). All participants will join focus group interviews of 5-8 individuals that will take approximately 60 minutes pre (baseline) and post- program (8-weeks). Focus groups will be facilitated by a trained team member and co- facilitated by a lived experience class co-instructor . The open-ended guiding questions will be grounded by the numeric outcomes corresponding to measurement constructs and our previous work.