Jenna C Gibbs1,2, Dany H Gagnon3, Austin J Bergquist2, Jasmine Arel3, Tomas Cervinka2, Rasha El-Kotob1,2, Désirée B Maltais4, Dalton L Wolfe5,6, B Catharine Craven1,2,7. 1. a Department of Kinesiology , University of Waterloo , Waterloo , ON , Canada. 2. c University Health Network-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Lyndhurst Centre , Toronto , ON , Canada. 3. b Université de Montréal, École de Réadaptation , Montréal , QC , Canada. 4. d Department of Rehabilitation , Université Laval , Québec , QC , Canada. 5. e Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , Western University , London , ON , Canada. 6. f Lawson Health Research Institute, Parkwood Institute Research , London , ON , Canada. 7. g Department of Medicine , University of Toronto , Toronto , ON , Canada.
Abstract
CONTEXT: Endocrine-metabolic disease (EMD) risk following spinal cord injury (SCI) is associated with significant multi-morbidity (i.e. fracture, diabetes, heart disease), mortality, and economic burden. It is unclear to what extent rehabilitation interventions can modify EMD risk and improve health status in community-dwelling adults with chronic SCI. OBJECTIVES: To characterize rehabilitation interventions and summarize evidence on their efficacy/effectiveness to modify precursors to EMD risk in community-dwelling adults with chronic SCI. METHODS: Systematic searches of MEDLINE PubMed, EMBASE Ovid, CINAHL, CDSR, and PsychInfo were completed. All randomized, quasi-experimental, and prospective controlled trials comparing rehabilitation/therapeutic interventions with control/placebo interventions in adults with chronic SCI were eligible. Two authors independently selected studies and abstracted data. Mean differences of change from baseline were reported for EMD risk outcomes. The GRADE approach was used to rate the quality of evidence. RESULTS: Of 489 articles identified, 16 articles (11 studies; n=396) were eligible for inclusion. No studies assessed the effects of rehabilitation interventions on incident fragility fractures, heart disease, and/or diabetes. Individual studies reported that exercise and/or nutrition interventions could improve anthropometric indices, body composition/adiposity, and biomarkers. However, there were also reports of non-statistically significant between-group differences. CONCLUSIONS: There was very low-quality evidence that rehabilitation interventions can improve precursors to EMD risk in community-dwelling adults with chronic SCI. The small number of studies, imprecise estimates, and inconsistency across studies limited our ability to make conclusions. A high-quality longitudinal intervention trial is needed to inform community-based rehabilitation strategies for EMD risk after chronic SCI.
CONTEXT: Endocrine-metabolic disease (EMD) risk following spinal cord injury (SCI) is associated with significant multi-morbidity (i.e. fracture, diabetes, heart disease), mortality, and economic burden. It is unclear to what extent rehabilitation interventions can modify EMD risk and improve health status in community-dwelling adults with chronic SCI. OBJECTIVES: To characterize rehabilitation interventions and summarize evidence on their efficacy/effectiveness to modify precursors to EMD risk in community-dwelling adults with chronic SCI. METHODS: Systematic searches of MEDLINE PubMed, EMBASE Ovid, CINAHL, CDSR, and PsychInfo were completed. All randomized, quasi-experimental, and prospective controlled trials comparing rehabilitation/therapeutic interventions with control/placebo interventions in adults with chronic SCI were eligible. Two authors independently selected studies and abstracted data. Mean differences of change from baseline were reported for EMD risk outcomes. The GRADE approach was used to rate the quality of evidence. RESULTS: Of 489 articles identified, 16 articles (11 studies; n=396) were eligible for inclusion. No studies assessed the effects of rehabilitation interventions on incident fragility fractures, heart disease, and/or diabetes. Individual studies reported that exercise and/or nutrition interventions could improve anthropometric indices, body composition/adiposity, and biomarkers. However, there were also reports of non-statistically significant between-group differences. CONCLUSIONS: There was very low-quality evidence that rehabilitation interventions can improve precursors to EMD risk in community-dwelling adults with chronic SCI. The small number of studies, imprecise estimates, and inconsistency across studies limited our ability to make conclusions. A high-quality longitudinal intervention trial is needed to inform community-based rehabilitation strategies for EMD risk after chronic SCI.
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