Due to physical limitations, environmental restrictions, and social deterrents, people with spinal cord injury (PwSCI) are a sedentary population who often lack motivation to exercise ( Ginis et al., 2012 ; Gorgey, 2014 ; Kehn & Kroll, 2009 ; Yıldırım & Şengel, 2004 ). PwSCI also find
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Perceptions of High-Intensity Interval Training Among People With Spinal Cord Injury: A Mixed-Methods Analysis
Joseph Peters, Kellie Halloran, Alexander Teague, Emily Erlenbach, Libak Abou, Mariana Kersh, and Ian Rice
Are Body Composition, Strength, and Functional Independence Similarities Between Spinal Cord Injury Classifications? A Discriminant Analysis
Rodrigo Rodrigues Gomes Costa, Rodrigo Luiz Carregaro, and Frederico Ribeiro Neto
One form of spinal cord injury (SCI) classification is to stratify into 2 groups: tetraplegia (TP), which involves injuries between the cervical vertebrae (C6–C8), and paraplegia, between the thoracic, lumbar, and sacral vertebrae (T1–L2). 1 , 2 This division is by the American Spinal Injury
Interventions for Promoting Physical Activity Among Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review
Levy Silva Rezende, Markus Brendon Lima, and Emanuel Péricles Salvador
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a traumatic event, with strong implications for the affected individuals, 1 and is frequently associated with considerable changes in individual function and socialization. 2 In the United States, the incidence of SCI is 17,000 per year. 3 However, reliable data in
Spinal Cord Injury and Seated Postural Control: A Test of the Rambling and Trembling Hypothesis
Sunghoon Shin and Jacob J. Sosnoff
is a need for further investigations designed to test the predictions of RM and TM components directly. Persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) serve as an ideal clinical population in which the predictions of the RM and TM hypothesis can be tested. Persons with complete injury at the thoracic level
Movement Coordination During Humeral Elevation in Individuals With Newly Acquired Spinal Cord Injury
Margaret A. Finley, Elizabeth Euiler, Shivayogi V. Hiremath, and Joseph Sarver
It is estimated that nearly 300,000 individuals are living with spinal cord injury (SCI) in the United States, with nearly 18,000 new injuries occurring annually. 1 Over 40% of individuals with SCI use manual wheelchairs for mobility, as well as interacting with their environment. 1 Consequently
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Contributions to Seated Balance in the Sagittal and Coronal Planes: Implications for Trunk Control After Spinal Cord Injury
Musa L. Audu and Ronald J. Triolo
The contributions of intrinsic (passive) and extrinsic (active) properties of the human trunk, in terms of the simultaneous actions about the hip and spinal joints, to the control of sagittal and coronal seated balance were examined. Able-bodied (ABD) and spinal-cord-injured (SCI) volunteers sat on a moving platform which underwent small amplitude perturbations in the anterior-posterior (AP) and medial-lateral (ML) directions while changes to trunk orientation were measured. A linear parametric model that related platform movement to trunk angle was fit to the experimental data by identifying model parameters in the time domain. The results showed that spinal cord injury leads to a systematic reduction in the extrinsic characteristics, while most of the intrinsic characteristics were rarely affected. In both SCI and ABD individuals, passive characteristics alone were not enough to maintain seated balance. Passive stiffness in the ML direction was almost 3 times that in the AP direction, making more extrinsic mechanisms necessary for balance in the latter direction. Proportional and derivative terms of the extrinsic model made the largest contribution to the overall output from the active system, implying that a simple proportional plus derivative (PD) controller structure will suffice for restoring seated balance after spinal cord injury.
Total Testosterone and Cortisol During Wheelchair Rugby Training in Athletes With Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
Eduardo Stieler, Varley Teoldo da Costa, Aline Ângela Silva Cruz, João Paulo Pereira Rosa, Ingrid LudImilla Bastos Lôbo, Julia Romão, Andrea Maculano Esteves, Marco Tulio de Mello, and Andressa Silva
the Paralympic sports, wheelchair rugby (WCR) is a modality with characteristics of high-intensity accelerations and decelerations, and the match is disputed by 4 athletes per team, all athletes have tetraplegia, or tetra equivalence resulting from a cervical spinal cord injury (CSCI
Effect of 12-Week Rebound Therapy Exercise on Static Stability of Patients With Spinal Cord Injury
Morteza Sadeghi, Gholamali Ghasemi, and Mohammadtaghi Karimi
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is defined as damage to the spinal cord which influences the patient’s abilities for standing, walking, and doing their daily activities. 1 The incidence of this injury varies from one country to another. 2 , 3 It has been shown that in the United States, the annual
Effect of Sildenafil Citrate on Exercise Capacity in Athletes With Spinal Cord Injury
Claudio Perret, Debbie Van Biesen, Matthias Strupler, Pia Pit-Grosheide, and Yves Vanlandewijck
this substance class of medication. Up to 75% of men with spinal cord injury (SCI) suffer from erectile dysfunction of neurologic origin and ingest sildenafil citrate regularly. 16 Thus, one can presume that also a substantial proportion of wheelchair athletes use sildenafil citrate. Therefore, more
Physical Activity and Spinal Cord Injury: Lessons Learned at the Lowest End of the Physical Activity Spectrum
Kendra R. Todd and Kathleen A. Martin Ginis
The rationale for the intervention is flawed (i.e., to decrease sedentary behavior in people with spinal cord injury). A person with SCI, by definition, will always be sedentary. — Anonymous journal reviewer People living with spinal cord injury (SCI) are at the lowest end of the physical
