Effect of wheelchair ergometer training on spinal cord-injured paraplegics.
10.3349/ymj.1993.34.3.278
- Author:
Shin Young YIM
1
;
Kyung Ja CHO
;
Chang Il PARK
;
Tae Sik YOON
;
Dae Yong HAN
;
Se Kyu KIM
;
Hong Lyeol LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Wheelchair ergometer;
cardiac fitness;
endurance
- MeSH:
Adult;
*Exercise Therapy;
Human;
Male;
Middle Age;
Paraplegia/etiology/*rehabilitation;
Spinal Cord Injuries/complications/*rehabilitation;
*Wheelchairs
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
1993;34(3):278-286
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of wheelchair ergometer training on spinal cord-injured paraplegics. Eleven male paraplegics with a mean age of 30.9 years (range, 20 to 49 years) participated in the wheelchair ergometer training for the period of 5 weeks. The mean peak heart rate, the mean peak systolic blood pressure and the mean time required for 100m wheelchair propelling at resistance level 1 were significantly decreased at the end of 5 weeks of training as compared with those at pre-training. There was no statistically significant difference in pulmonary function test at pre- and post-training. The peak torque of shoulder flexor and the total work of shoulder flexor and extensor at 180 degrees/sec after training were increased more significantly than those prior to the training. In accordance with the findings as revealed above, it is deemed that the endurance and strength of the upper body and the cardiac fitness for spinal cord-injured paraplegics may be improved by the wheelchair ergometer exercise
