Exercise and Weight Management in Persons with a Spinal Cord Injury

This online symposium brought together scientists and clinicians to provide an overview of the state-of-the-art practice and research in the field of exercise and weight management in persons with spinal cord injury.
The symposium discussed findings from the Peter Harrison Centre's ‘Systematic review and qualitative synthesis of weight management interventions for people with spinal cord injury’.
A spinal cord injury (SCI) is associated with a substantial reduction in total daily energy expenditure. Consequently, persons with SCI are susceptible to weight gain, and eventually obesity. Indeed, it is estimated that nearly 70% of adults with SCI in the UK have overweight, with ~30% having obesity.
While lifestyle modifications targeting exercise and diet are generally believed to contribute to successful weight loss or management, SCI presents a multitude of challenges in the study and creation of such interventions.
This is the second part of the symposium series with the first symposium taking place in June 2021.

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