Wheelchair-modified ergometer rowing exercise in individuals with spinal cord injury: a feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy study.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Exploratory clinical investigation.

Objectives

To assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of upper-body rowing exercise adapted to wheelchair users with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Setting

University exercise laboratory.

Methods

Eight individuals with SCI exercised on a rowing ergometer modified for wheelchair users (REMW), three times weekly, for up to 30 min per session. Participants completed feasibility and acceptability questionnaire (1-5 Likert scale), and the Wheelchair Users Shoulder Pain Index (WUSPI) before and after six weeks of exercise. Average power output (PO_AVG), distance rowed, percent peak heart rate (%HR_peak), and rating of perceived exertion (RPE) (6-20 scale) were monitored throughout

SUBMITTER: Hansen RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9054742 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature