International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
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Alan N McLean

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• Research Article
  A Model for Incorporating A Clinically-Feasible Exercise Test in Paraplegic Annual Reviews: A Tool for Stratified Cardiopulmonary Stress Performance Classification and Monitoring
  Author(s): Sylvie Coupaud, Alan N McLean, Stanley J Grant, Helen R Berry and David B Allan Sylvie Coupaud, Alan N McLean, Stanley J Grant, Helen R Berry and David B Allan
  
  Objectives: (i) To identify and characterize an exercise test for use in routine spinal cord injury clinical review, and (ii) to describe levels of, and factors affecting, cardiopulmonary stress performance during exercise in the chronic paraplegic population in Scotland, UK. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injuries Unit (Glasgow, Scotland). Patients: 48 subjects with chronic paraplegia resulting from spinal cord injury at neurological levels T2-L2. Methods: Peak oxygen uptake, peak power output, gas exchange threshold and peak heart rate were determined from an incremental arm-cranking exercise test. Using a general linear model, the effects of gender, high (injury level above T6) versus low paraplegia, time since injury,.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-9096.1000175

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