Shoulder Health After Rehabilitation and Performance Training
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil
- Where
- Nottwil, SwitzerlandSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 40 people, planned
- Started
- 16 Jul 2026
- Expected to end
- Dec 2029
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groups
- Treatments tested
- Strength training
- Record updated
- 23 July 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years to 70 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Persons with a paraplegia below T2
- Manual wheelchair user
- Age 18 - 70 years
- At discharge from initial rehabilitation
Who cannot take part
- Trauma or surgery of the shoulder with medical indication for immobilization of more than four weeks
- Any surgical implants that exclude the participant for MRI assessments of the shoulder
- Inability to follow the study instructions, e.g., mental health problems, language problems, dementia, claustrophobia (for MRI) etc
- Persons with congenital conditions leading to SCI, SCI in the context of palliative care, neurodegenerative disorders, and Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Constant use of power assistance for the wheelchair
- Pregnancy
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 70 years old?
Where in Switzerland
- Swiss Paraplegic ResearchNottwil, SwitzerlandContact: Dr. Ursina ArnetTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The goal of this study is to investigate the impact of a home-based shoulder strength training on the overall shoulder health in manual wheelchair users, and if the timepoint of such a training makes a difference. The study is focusing on persons with a spinal cord injury in the thoracic or lumbar region of the spine, that have only recently been injured and will soon be discharged from primary rehabilitation.
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The shoulder training will take place either 3 or 12 months after discharge from primary rehabilitation and will be carried out twice a week for 12 weeks.
There are six measurements occurring every three months, which leads to an overall duration of 15 months. The measurements consist of:
* Questionnaires about independence in daily life, participation, quality of life and physical activity * Assessment of shoulder strength, range of motion and function * Measurement of the daily wheelchair use during one week via sensors that are fixed to the wheelchair and wrist * one further questionnaire at the end of the measurement week about the occurrence of shoulder pain
Additionally, on four of the six measurement timepoints, a magnet resonance image (MRI) of the shoulder will be taken to assess the shoulder status (pathology, muscle volume and quality).
Though all these measurements the researchers can additionally assess the load of daily life on the shoulders, and how well this matches the preparation during the primary rehabilitation.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Early interventionTreatment being tested
This group starts the training program 3 months post discharge from primary rehabilitation after spinal cord injury
Treatment: Strength training
- Late interventionTreatment being tested
This group starts the training program 12 months post discharge from primary rehabilitation after spinal cord injury
Treatment: Strength training
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Ensuring Shoulder Health as a Key Factor for Long Term Health and Functioning of Manual Wheelchair Users
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07245706, who can take part
- Record updated
- 23 July 2026