Nutrition and physical activity approaches to improve health in spinal cord injury

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM

Presenter(s)

Ceren Yarar-Fisher, PhD, PT

Associate Professor
Ohio State University
Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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David W. McMillan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
University of MIami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Florida, United States
Gary J. Farkas, PHD

Postdoctoral fellow
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida, United States

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Moderator(s)

Nathan Hogaboom, PhD

Research Scientist
Kessler Foundation
West Orange, New Jersey, United States

This symposium will cover secondary health complications following SCI and describe lifestyle therapeutic approaches to improve long-term health in this population.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the effects of a low carbohydrate/high protein diet on metabolism and body composition in individuals with SCI and insulin resistance.
• Describe the impact of low carbohydrate/high protein diet on the metabolome and gut microbiome composition in individuals with SCI and insulin resistance.
• Describe the effect of SCI on postprandial handling of macronutrients, focusing on dietary fats, and understand the role of exercise intensity on postprandial metabolism when exercise is conducted immediately before meal intake in SCI.
• Describe the effect of home-based electrical stimulation-induced exercise plus diet on whole and regional body composition in persons with long-standing SCI.
• Identify the effects of home-based electrical stimulation-induced exercise plus diet on basal metabolism, exercise energy expenditure, and substrate utilization in persons with long-standing SCI.