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SUBMITTER: Nary DE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3034787 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nary Dorothy E DE Froehlich-Grobe Katherine K Aaronson Lauren L
Contemporary clinical trials 20101027 2
This paper describes recruitment challenges and lessons learned in conducting a randomized controlled exercise trial in the absence of direct access to a clinical population. One-hundred thirty-five wheelchair users were enrolled in a home and community-based intervention to promote exercise adoption and maintenance. Over 44 months of recruitment, 355 individuals inquired about the study and 323 completed the screening process. Nearly half were determined ineligible (150/323, 46.4%), typically d ...[more]