The Relationship between Clinical Tests, Ultrasound Findings and Selected Field-Based Wheelchair Skills Tests in a Cohort of Quadriplegic Wheelchair Rugby Athletes: A Pilot Study

Manual wheelchair use may determine shoulder joint overload and rotator cuff injury. Chronic pathologies can also influence the propulsion ability of athletes with spinal cord injury (SCI) during sport activities. However, relationship between pathology performances has never been explored. Therefore, study aimed to investigate correlation pathologic findings clinical tests ultrasonography evaluation results performance tests. Nineteen quadriplegic rugby players were evaluated association ultrasound their field-based selected skills (WSTs). The outcome measures International Wheelchair Rugby Classification Score, dominant non-dominant Physical Examination Shoulder Ultrasound Pathology Rating Scale (USPRS). WST was measured at beginning one-year follow-up. A statistically significant found time since SCI USPRS (p < 0.005). strongly related 0.005) end 0.05). Data suggest that severity detected on is lower WST. manual could be responsible for muscle damage, while