title: The use of multistage exercise testing with wheelchair ergometry and arm cranking in subjects with spinal cord lesions.
abstract: The primary aim of this investigation was to compare maximum wheelchair performance with arm cranking using a multistage progressive work load protocol. In five subjects with a wide range of neurological disability and two normal males the differences observed in maximum oxygen uptake, heart rate and ventilation during two forms of upper limbs exercise, were not significant.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D009043:Motor Activity; D009132:Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000503:physiopathology; D005082:Physical Exertion; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000503:physiopathology; D012119:Respiration; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014910:Wheelchairs