Wheelchair users wanted for Heart-Health exercise study
NCT ID NCT06013046
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a community-based exercise program can improve heart health in wheelchair users. Researchers will measure changes in fitness and body composition. The goal is to find safe, effective ways for wheelchair users to get enough physical activity to reduce heart disease risk.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 108 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2023
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18 years or older * Has a physical disability requiring the use of a wheelchair (includes manual wheelchairs, motorized wheelchairs, motor-assisted wheelchairs, and electric scooters) * Ability to attend weekly exercise sessions in person * Ability to independently move one or both upper extremities * Has participated in no more than 60 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity per week in the past month * English-speaking * Able to provide informed consent * Ability to complete a valid V02max score with 2 attempts Exclusion Criteria: * Determination by their physician to be medically unstable * Has had cardiovascular complications within the past year or unstable heart disease * Currently receiving medical treatment for an acute injury * Presence of a stage IV pressure injury * Currently pregnant or suspect pregnancy
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Washington University School of Medicine
RECRUITINGSt Louis, Missouri, 63108, United States
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