The Influence of Age at Pediatric-Onset Spinal Cord Injury and Years of Wheelchair Use on Shoulder Complex Joint Dynamics During Manual Wheelchair Propulsion.

ABSTRACT: To assess the association of age at pediatric-onset spinal cord injury (SCI) and years of manual wheelchair use with shoulder dynamics. Upper extremity kinematics and hand-rim kinetics were obtained during manual wheelchair propulsion. An inverse dynamics model computed three-dimensional acromioclavicular, sternoclavicular, and glenohumeral joint dynamics. Linear mixed effects models evaluated the association of age at injury onset and years of wheelchair use with shoulder dynamics. Motion laboratory within a children's hospital. Seventeen manual wheelchair users (N=17; 6 female, 11 male; mean age: 17.2 years, mean age at SCI onset: 11.5 years) with pediatric-onset SCI (levels: C4-T11) and International Standards for Neurological Classification of SCI grades: A (11), B (3), C (2), and N/A

SUBMITTER: Leonardis JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9761265 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature