Registry update — unassessed
Implementation of the International Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Exercise Guidelines and Nutrition Education Among Older Adults With SCI: A Pilot Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial
Trial registry update: NOT_YET_RECRUITING. No results reported in the supplied registry record.
RCTN=24Minor significance
What this changes
The finding has not established an approved change to our evidence assessment.
Source date: Sep 29, 2026 · Discovered: Sep 29, 2026 · Assessed: — · Research update
What it does not prove
- This is a pilot feasibility trial that does not report clinical effectiveness outcomes; the abstract does not provide data on whether the intervention actually improved cardiorespiratory fitness, strength, mental health, or quality of life in participants.
- The abstract describes planned study procedures rather than study results; no outcomes data are presented, so effectiveness cannot be evaluated.
- The small sample size (24) and pilot design mean any future findings would require confirmation in a larger, definitive trial before generalizing to the broader population of older adults with SCI.
Extracted from supplied source material; model confidence is not a measured probability of correctness.
Study details
- Design
- Rct
- Sample size
- 24
- Duration
- 16 months
- Population
- Older adults living with spinal cord injury (SCI)
- Primary outcome
- Feasibility, fidelity, acceptability, and usability of the intervention integrating exercise, nutrition education, and behavioral counseling
- Effect size
- —
- Significance
- Not reported
- Journal
- Wayne State University
- Published
- Sep 29, 2026
Sources
Primary source
- Wayne State University ↗Clinical trial
Recorded source passages
Abstract or registry material supplied for assessment; source version 1. This is not a claim of full-text review.
Participants will be randomized 1:1 to either a 16-week intervention or to a waitlist control group.
The intervention integrates an individualized exercise prescription based on the International SCI Exercise Guidelines (Martin Ginis et al., 2018), SCI-specific nutrition education (Sneij et al., 2022), and SCI-specific, theory-informed behavioral counseling (Hoekstra et al., 2023).
The primary aim of this pilot trial is to determine whether to proceed to a full-scale RCT.
This pilot RCT will provide feasibility, fidelity, acceptability, and usability metrics that will inform the decision to proceed to a full-scale trial or whether modifications are needed.
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