Hybrid Functional Electrical Stimulation Improves Anaerobic Threshold in First Three Years after Spinal Cord Injury.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of the present investigation was to assess the effects of whole-body exercise on the anaerobic threshold in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). Maximal oxygen uptake (VO₂max) and oxygen uptake at anaerobic threshold (AT) were measured before and after six months of hybrid functional electrical stimulation row training in 47 participants with SCI aged 19-63, neurological levels of injury C4-L1, American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale grades A-D, and time since injury at enrollment from three months to 40 years. Changes in VO₂max differed with time since injury, with greater increases earlier post-injury. The early chronic group (<3 years since injury; n = 31) increased VO₂max from 1.65 ± 0.54 L/min at baseline to 1.83 ± 

SUBMITTER: Schleifer G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9347388 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature