International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Open Access
ISSN: 2329-9096
ISSN: 2329-9096
Alan N McLean
United Kingdom
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 AllanSylvie 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