abstract introduction: cardiovascular fitness as the ability of the system - respiratory and skeletal muscle to achieve a certain level of activity is defined as, where after spinal cord injury can be reduced through exercise can increase this capacity. objective: the objective of this study, veterans with spinal cord injury spirometric indices in various athletic sports (archery, wheelchairran...

In wheelchair sports, aerobic performance is commonly assessed with the use of an arm crank ergometer (ACE), a wheelchair ergometer (WCE) or a wheelchair treadmill (WCT). There are different protocols to identify peak oxygen uptake in wheelchair sports; however, only a few protocols have been applied to evaluate these conditions in wheelchair basketball players. The purpose of this study was to...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of a basic driving simulator program to evaluate and train children with disabilities in their ability to operate a powered wheelchair. METHOD With a rating scale of skills considered essential for safe and efficient wheelchair operation, 22 children 7 to 22 years of age with either progressive muscular dystrophy or cerebral pals...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the accuracy of new wheelchair user predictions about their future wheelchair use. DESIGN This was a prospective cohort study of 84 community-dwelling veterans provided a new manual wheelchair. RESULTS The association between predicted and actual wheelchair use was strong at 3 mos (ϕ coefficient = 0.56), with 90% of those who anticipated using the wheelchair at...

OBJECTIVE To examine intra-individual variability of kinetic and temporal-spatial parameters of wheelchair propulsion as a function of shoulder pain in manual wheelchair users (MWUs). DESIGN Cohort. SETTING University research laboratory. PARTICIPANTS Adults with physical disabilities (N=26) who use a manual wheelchair for mobility full time (>80% ambulation). INTERVENTIONS Participants...

W heelchairs provide mobility for millions of people with physical impairments. However, prolonged manual wheelchair use can lead to pain and repetitive strain injury (RSI) of the upper extremities. The number of manual wheelchair users experiencing pain tends to increase with the time spent using a wheelchair. Although manual wheelchairs have improved tremendously over the past 15 years, many ...

In this pilot study, we assessed wheelchair durability and its effect on user satisfaction. Specifically, we examined the characteristics of the participants' wheelchairs, the types of maintenance and repairs completed, and whether the participants' satisfaction was affected by problems with their wheelchairs. A convenience sample of 130 participants who used wheelchairs as their primary means ...

Objective: In this study, we aimed to describe the burden of family caregivers providing powered wheelchair-related and overall assistance and test the hypotheses that caregiver burden correlates with participation, wheelchair skills capacity, anxiety, depression, and social support. Methods: Cross-sectional study. Participants included 35 family caregivers of powered wheelchair users. Caregive...

he Bremen Autonomous Wheelchair project covers a variety of research issues that include spatial cognition, safe systems, and mobility assistance for the handicapped. Emphasizing one or the other of these cornerstones provides various views of the wheelchair Rolland (Fig. 1). Within the framework of the priority program " Spatial Cognition " of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, the main topi...

D espite its obvious benefits to the user, the wheelchair represents a changed and intensely disliked lifestyle . It identifies the user as disabled and is a constant reminder of the disability . Moreover, the wheelchair becomes part of that person's self-image . For the prescribing physician or clinician, it is a frustrating reminder of an . inability to cure the condition . An appropriate whe...