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ArticleSpinal cord2024

The effect of breathing exercises and mindset with or without cold exposure on mental and physical health in persons with a spinal cord injury-a protocol for a three-arm randomised-controlled trial.

Sven Hoekstra, Frank Ettema, Max van der Bijll, Vera van der Sterren, Ellen van Binsbergen, Ludwine van Orsouw, Wendy Achterberg, Hein Daanen, Thomas Janssen, Sonja de Groot

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Article in Spinal cord, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05704322 (The Effectiveness of the Wim Hof Method on Physical and Mental Health of People with a Spinal Cord Injury), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05704322 nacompletednot on this map

The Effectiveness of the Wim Hof Method on Physical and Mental Health of People with a Spinal Cord Injury

TypeinterventionalSponsorStichting ReadeRan2023 to 2024Enrolled60ConditionsSpinal Cord InjuriesArmsWim Hof Methode
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Sven HoekstraDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1597-162X
Frank EttemaReade Center for Rehabilitation & Rheumatology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Max van der BijllReade Center for Rehabilitation & Rheumatology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Vera van der SterrenReade Center for Rehabilitation & Rheumatology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Ellen van BinsbergenReade Center for Rehabilitation & Rheumatology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Ludwine van OrsouwReade Center for Rehabilitation & Rheumatology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Wendy AchterbergReade Center for Rehabilitation & Rheumatology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Hein DaanenDepartment of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7459-0678
Thomas JanssenDepartment of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-6762-131X
Sonja de GrootDepartment of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. s.de.groot@vu.nl.ORCID 0000-0001-8463-2563
Reade · NLLoughborough University · GBVrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

STUDY

designA three-arm randomized controlled trial.

objectivesTo investigate the effects of the Wim Hof Method (WHM), with (WHM-C) and without cold exposure (WHM-NC), on mental and physical health in persons with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI).

settingRehabilitation centre (assessments and once-weekly intervention sessions) and home-based (daily intervention sessions).

methodsSixty adults with chronic SCI will be randomised (1:1:1) to one of three groups: participants in the intervention groups (i.e., WHM-C and WHM-NC) will engage in a 7-week intervention, with one weekly practice session at the rehabilitation centre and a daily WHM session at home. WHM-NC will consist of breathing exercises and mindset, while participants in WHM-C will partake in breathing exercises, mindset and cold exposure. Participants allocated to usual care (UC) will not receive the WHM intervention. The primary outcome is mental health reported via the Mental Health Inventory (MHI)-5, while secondary outcomes include circulating inflammatory and metabolic marker concentration, pulmonary function, body composition, sleep quality, spasticity, chronic pain and psychological stress. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethics approval has been obtained from the medical ethics committee of the Máxima Medical Centre (Veldhoven, the Netherlands; identifier: w22.069). If shown efficacious in improving mental health, as well as physical health, in persons with chronic SCI, the low cost and accessibility of the WHM allows it to be directly implemented in SCI rehabilitation. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT05704322.

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Breathing ExercisesCold TemperatureSpinal Cord InjuriesAdultFemaleHealth StatusHumansMaleMental HealthRandomized Controlled Trials as Topic

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