Improvement in wheelchair propulsion in pediatric wheelchair users through resistance training: a pilot study
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Verbesserung der Rollstuhlantriebskraft durch Krafttraining bei auf den Rollstuhl angewiesenen Kindern: eine Pilotstudie |
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Autor: | O'Connell, D.G.; Barnhart, R. |
Erschienen in: | Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation |
Veröffentlicht: | 76 (1995), 4, S. 368-372, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 0003-9993, 1532-821X |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU199506101683 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
Six children, three with cerebral palsy and three with myelomeningocele, participated in a progressive, 8-week, circuit muscular strength training program. The program was designed to improve wheelchair propulsion, an important functional outcome. Subjects performed three sets of six-repetition maximum (6-RM) upper body strength exercises, three times a week. Exercises included shoulder flexion, extension, abduction, internal and external rotation, elbow flexion, extension, and shoulder flexion/elbow extension (bench press). Subjects exercised quickly with little rest between each set for approximately 30 minutes per session. All children used wheelchairs extensively and participated in a 50-m, and a 12-minute wheelchair propulsion test before and after the 8-week program. The Sign test was used to determine if statistically significant wheelchair propulsion or 6-RM changes occurred over the training period. Subjects improved significantly in all muscular strength (6-RM) measures and the 12-minute distance test. There was a trend toward improvement in the 50-meter test, although this change was not significant. The results indicate that progressive resistance exercise training seems to improve muscular strength and wheelchair performance in selected disabled children. Verf.-Referat