Condition 1: Metabolic Syndrom. Condition 2: Spinal Cord Injury. Metabolic syndrome is a group of conditions that put you at risk for heart disease and diabetes. These conditions are high blood pressure high blood sugar levels high levels of triglycerides, a type of fat, in your blood low levels of hdl Injuries to the spinal cord (S24.0 and S24.1) refer to the cord level and not bone level injury, and can affect nerve roots at and below the level given
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group will receive standard nutritional care plus specific nutritional education (low fat, low calorie diets) for 6 months. Intervention 2: Control group will receive stan
Lifestyle
Intervention group will receive standard nutritional care plus specific nutritional education (low fat, low calorie diets) for 6 months
Control group will receive standard nutritional care
Sponsors
Brain and Spinal Injury Research Center
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
17 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria are : Age above 18; Minimum time since injury of 2 years ; Traumatic injury; BMI higher than 22. Exclusion criteria are: Pregnancy; lactation; Previous history of diseases that affect bone metabolism such as Paget’s disease; primary hyperparathyroidism; osteomalacia; Clinical hypocalcemia; hypophosphatemia; Consumption of medications like calcitonin, floride, calciteriol, heparin, phenytoin, phenobarbital and estrogen in the past 6 months; Consumption of bisphosphonates or corticosteroids for more than 6 months; previous history of consumption of methotrexate or floride; Recent consumption of medications (either synthetic or herbal) with anti-platelet activity, tetracyclin, magnesium or zinc supplements; Previous history of liver diseases or any symptoms indicating liver diseases based on screening laboratory tests; Previous history of fracture of femur or spine in the past year (unrelated to the trauma); Previous history of allergy to fish or fish oil; Anemia (confirmed by hemoglobin or hematocrit measurement); Hypertension
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Cholesterol. Timepoint: At the baseline and then after 3 and 6 months. Method of measurement: Blood test.;Triglyceride. Timepoint: At the baseline and then after 3 and 6 months. Method of measurement: Blood test.;Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL). Timepoint: At the baseline and then after 3 and 6 months. Method of measurement: Blood test.;High Density Lipoprotein (HDL). Timepoint: At the baseline and then after 3 and 6 months. Method of measurement: Blood test.;Body Mass Index (BMI). Timepoint: At the baseline and then after 3 and 6 months. Method of measurement: Measring weight and height and calculation of BMI.;Waist circumstance. Timepoint: At the baseline and then after 3 and 6 months. Method of measurement: Direct measuremnet.;Fasting Blood Glucose. Timepoint: At the baseline and then after 3 and 6 months. Method of measurement: Blood test. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactHadis Sabour
Brain and Spinal Injury Research Center
Outcome results
None listed