Can exercise early after spinal cord injury prevent deterioration of muscle and bone?

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1028300

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Spinal cord injury leads to a profound deterioration of the muscles and bones in the paralysed limbs. This project will examine the effects of exercising the paralysed limbs as early as possible after injury to prevent muscle and bone loss rather than restoring the tissues once changes have occurred. The time course and mechanisms underlying the microstructural decay of bone over the first year after injury will also be examined to provide a basis for determining fracture risk in this group.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $775,049.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Endocrinology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

biomarkers | exercise | muscle atrophy | osteoporosis | spinal cord injury

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