Wheelchair-specific fitness of inactive people with long-term spinal cord injury

Wheelchair-specific fitness of inactive people with long-term spinal cord injury

Van der Scheer, J.W.
De Groot, S.
Tepper, M.
Gobets, D.
Veeger, H.E.J.
Van der Woude, L.H.V.
Woldring, F.
Valent, L.
Slootman, H.
Faber, W.

Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

Biomechanical Engineering

2015-01-16

Objectives: To describe wheelchair-specific anaerobic work capacity, isometric strength and peak aerobic work capacity of physically inactive people with long-term spinal cord injury using outcomes of tests that are feasible for use in rehabilitation centres, and to determine associations among these fitness components. Design: Cross-sectional study. Participants: Manual wheelchair users with spinal cord injury for at least 10 years, who were inactive based on a norm score of a physical activity questionnaire (n?=?29; 22 men; 20 with paraplegia; median age 53 years). Methods: Participants performed 3 exercise tests in their own wheelchair to determine: highest 5-s power output over 15-m overground sprinting (P5–15m); highest 3-s isometric push-force (Fiso); and peak power output (POpeak) and peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak) over a peak test. Results: Median (interquartile range) was in P5–15m 16.1 W (9.4–20.9); in Fiso 399 N (284–610); in POpeak 40.9 W (19.1–54.9); and in VO2peak 1.26 l/min (0.80–1.67). Correlations among outcomes of fitness components were weak (r?=?0.50–0.67, p?

paraplegia
physical fitness
tetraplegia
wheelchairs
work power
aerobic capacity
mechanical efficiency
anaerobic power
isometric strength

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Foundation for Rehabilitation Information

2015-07-16

1650-1977

https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-1934

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 47 (4), 2015

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