title: Effect of swimming on increasing of cardio-respiratory capacity in paraplegics.
abstract: The aim of this paper was to study the effect of swimming training on the cardio-respiratory system of paraplegics. The observation of 60 paraplegics (34 males and 26 females) was carried out during the three years experiment. To measure a cardio-respiratory efficiency level we used Skibinski's cardio-respiratory index (SCRI). After three years of the swimming training programme the SCRI value increased four times.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011674:Pulse; D012119:Respiration; D013550:Swimming; D013997:Time Factors; D014797:Vital Capacity