Gut-Brain Neural Coupling in Spinal Cord Injury
ConditionSCI - Spinal Cord Injury
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-70
SponsorUniversity of Miami
About this trial
The purpose of this research is to determine the effects of food on brain and stomach activity in persons with and without spinal cord injury (SCI).
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Adults, 18 to 70 years of age.
Sex, male or female.
Weight-stable (±3 kg) for the preceding 3 months (self-report).
Physically inactive adults not meeting weekly activity guidelines (<150 min/week) for the preceding 3 months (self-report).
Disqualifiers
Do not meet the inclusion criteria.
Current/regular smoker (defined by Center for Disease Control (CDC)/ National Institute of Health (NIH) as an adult who has smoked 100 cigarettes in his or her lifetime and who currently smokes either every day or every other day) (self-report).
Currently dieting and/or trying to gain or lose weight.
Vagus or recurrent laryngeal nerve injury (self-report).
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Preload condition
- Ad-libitum control condition
Treatment groups
28 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov