NCT07099625Not yet recruiting
Optimization of Adaptive Rowing Seating
Optimization of Adaptive Rowing Seating (OARS)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 24 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Adaptive sports programs are integral components to combating Veteran isolation, promoting wellbeing and seeking to build teams, networks, communities. These activity-based communities are medicine free treatment systems enhancing Veterans' health from a holistic perspective. This approach to Veteran healthcare is critical as studies indicate Veterans not only have 56% higher perceived social isolation but are also 1.5x more susceptible to suicide than the general public. It is imperative to improve access to exercise and physical activity through adaptive sport or recreation. This proposal is going to focus on Adaptive Indoor Rowing for Veterans with limited or changing trunk stability (i.e. SCI/D, paralysis, paresis, etc.). Rowing is a unique full-body activity that increases cardiovascular demand and increases coordination and aerobic capacity through movement. This proposal aims to address critical gaps in adaptive rowing technology and provide Veterans with limited trunk stability access to full stroke adaptive rowing.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 15 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 7 Jul 2025
- Start date
- 5 Oct 2026
- Primary completion date
- 4 Oct 2027
- Lead sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT07099625
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 15
- From 5 Oct 2026 to the primary completion date, 4 Oct 2027
- 2 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Flap procedure to address pressure injury less than one year prior
- Surgical procedure within past 6 months that would make the study procedures unsafe (e.g., tendon repairs/transfers, neural decompressions, bony fusions, etc.)
Other illness
- Veterans will be excluded if they have:
- acute illness or injury
- active or recent pressure injuries in the last 6 months affecting their ability to safely row (e.g., the coccyx, ischial tuberosity, sacrum, etc.)
- Medical conditions such as cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, or other conditions that would make the study procedures unsafe pregnancy
Other
- Individuals who would be classified as NE or PR3-PD - FISA Para-Rowing Classifications
- Upper extremity pain that restricts rowing
- Upper extremity or spine fractures within past 3 months, or longer if remains unstable/not fully healed.
- Inability to communicate with the study team in real time
- Inability to follow simple commands
- Unable or unwilling to give consent
Who the study is looking for
- Non-ventilator dependent paralysis, such as:
- central nervous system impairment
- spinal cord injuries with single neurological level in the cervical to lumbosacral region
- cerebrovascular accident with associated sequelae including but not limited to hemiparesis and spasticity
- neurodegenerative disorders including but not limited to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, multiple system atrophy, and parkinsonism
- Poor trunk control/stability
- Ability of body structure to fit within the limits of AIRS and the rowing system
- Either volitional control of lower extremities or response/tolerance to electrical stimulation
- Individuals who would be classified as PR2 or PR1 - FISA Para-Rowing Classifications
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cleveland | United States | Unknown status |
| Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Minneapolis | United States | Unknown status |
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