Resting energy expenditure during spinal cord injury rehabilitation and utility of fat-free mass-based energy prediction equations: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Longitudinal observational study. Measurements were undertaken between weeks 4-6 post-spinal cord injury (SCI), repeated at week 8 and every 4 weeks thereafter until week 20 or rehabilitation discharge, whichever occurred first.

Objectives

Observe variation in measured resting energy expenditure (REE) and body composition in males undergoing SCI rehabilitation, compare REE with SCI-specific prediction equations incorporating fat-free mass (FFM), and explore the prevalence of clinical factors that may influence individual REE.

Setting

Spinal Injuries Unit, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Methods

Indirect calorimetry was used to measure REE and bioimpedance spectroscopy to assess body composition. Four SCI-specific FFM-based REE and basal metabolic

SUBMITTER: Nevin AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11447238 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature