Impact of a pushrim-activated power-assisted wheelchair on the metabolic demands, stroke frequency, and range of motion among subjects with tetraplegia

Algood, SD and Cooper, RA and Fitzgerald, SG and Cooper, R and Boninger, ML (2004) Impact of a pushrim-activated power-assisted wheelchair on the metabolic demands, stroke frequency, and range of motion among subjects with tetraplegia. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 85 (11). 1865 - 1871. ISSN 0003-9993

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Algood SD, Cooper RA, Fitzgerald SG, Cooper R, Boninger ML. Impact of a pushrim-activated power-assisted wheelchair on the metabolic demands, stroke frequency, and range of motion among subjects with tetraplegia. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004;85:1865-71. To determine differences in metabolic demands, stroke frequency, and upper-extremity joint range of motion (ROM) during pushrim-activated power-assisted wheelchair (PAPAW) propulsion and traditional manual wheelchair propulsion among subjects with tetraplegia. Repeated measures. A biomechanics laboratory within a Veterans Affairs medical center. Fifteen full-time manual wheelchair users who had sustained cervical-level spinal cord injuries. Participants propelled both their own manual wheelchairs and a PAPAW through 3 different resistances (slight, 10W; moderate, 12W; high, 14W) on a wheelchair dynamometer. Each propulsion trial was 3 minutes long. Primary variables that were compared between the 2 wheelchairs were participants' mean steady-state oxygen consumption, ventilation, heart rate, mean stroke frequency, and maximum upper-extremity joint ROM. When using the PAPAW, participants showed a significant (P<.05) decrease in mean oxygen consumption and ventilation throughout all trials. Mean heart rate was significantly lower when using the PAPAW for the high resistance trial. Stroke frequency was significantly lower when using the PAPAW for the slight and moderate resistances. Overall joint ROM was significantly lower when using the PAPAW. For subjects with tetraplegia, PAPAWs reduce the energy demands, stroke frequency, and overall joint ROM when compared with traditional manual wheelchair propulsion. © 2004 by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

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Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Creators/Authors:	Creators Email Pitt Username ORCID Algood, SD Cooper, RA RCOOPER@pitt.edu RCOOPER Fitzgerald, SG Cooper, R cooperrm@pitt.edu COOPERRM Boninger, ML boninger@pitt.edu BONINGER
Centers:	Other Centers, Institutes, Offices, or Units > Human Engineering Research Laboratories
Date:	1 November 2004
Date Type:	Publication
Journal or Publication Title:	Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume:	85
Number:	11
Page Range:	1865 - 1871
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1016/j.apmr.2004.04.043
Schools and Programs:	School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences > Rehabilitation Science and Technology
Refereed:	Yes
ISSN:	0003-9993
MeSH Headings:	Adult; Analysis of Variance; Arm--physiopathology; Biomechanics; Electric Power Supplies--standards; Energy Metabolism; Equipment Design; Exercise Test; Female; Heart Rate; Human Engineering; Humans; Locomotion; Male; Middle Aged; Oxygen Consumption; Patient Selection; Pulmonary Ventilation; Quadriplegia--metabolism; Quadriplegia--physiopathology; Quadriplegia--rehabilitation; Range of Motion, Articular; Wheelchairs--standards
PubMed ID:	15520983
Date Deposited:	24 Sep 2012 21:00
Last Modified:	05 Feb 2019 03:55
URI:	http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14409

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