Effects of Testosterone and Evoked Resistance Exercise after Spinal Cord Injury (TEREX-SCI): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

This study will investigate the effects of evoked RT+TRT or TRT alone on body composition (muscle cross-sectional area, visceral adipose tissue, %FM) and metabolic profile (glucose and lipid metabolism) in individuals with motor complete SCI. Findings from this study may help in designing exercise therapies to alleviate the deterioration in body composition after SCI and decrease the incidence of metabolic disorders in this clinical population. Ethics and dissemination The study is currently approved by the McGuire VA Medical Center and Virginia Commonwealth University. All participants read and signed approved consent forms. Results will be submitted to peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international conferences. Trial registration number Pre-result, NCT01652040.

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Source: BMJ Open - April 4, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Gorgey, A. S., Khalil, R. E., Gill, R., O'Brien, L. C., Lavis, T., Castillo, T., Cifu, D. X., Savas, J., Khan, R., Cardozo, C., Lesnefsky, E. J., Gater, D. R., Adler, R. A. Tags: Open access, Nutrition and metabolism, Rehabilitation medicine Protocol Source Type: research