NCT00957762

Body Composition Assessment in Spinal Cord Injury

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 170 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hunter Holmes Mcguire Veteran Affairs Medical Center · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this research is to evaluate different methods of measuring body composition (amount of fat, muscle, bone, and water in your body) and to determine relationships between body composition and other medical problems associated with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Detailed description

A preliminary investigation in our laboratory has demonstrated the advantage of using 4-compartment modeling to assess body composition in SCI adults. In comparing body composition analyses techniques in 20 individuals with SCI, we found Total Error to be 8.0% with Dual X-ray Absorptiometry, 8.4% with hydrodensitometry, 11.5% with bioelectrical impedance analysis, and 21.8% with standard skinfold equations when compared to 4-compartment modeling, the currently accepted gold standard for body composition assessment. To date there is no gold standard for the determination of body composition in SCI individuals.

Conditions

• Diabetes Mellitus
• Body Composition
• Tetraplegia
• Paraplegia
• Spinal Cord Injury

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Body composition	Day 1 testing will incorporate underwater weighing, Bod Pod, DXA, BIA and anthropometrics. Day 2 will include RMR, MRI, and testing at GCRC

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-08-01
• Primary completion: 2012-09-01
• Completion: 2012-10-01
• First posted: 2009-08-12
• Last updated: 2009-08-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States