title: Effects of body weight supported treadmill training on cardiac and pulmonary functions in the patients with incomplete spinal cord injury.
abstract: We aimed to investigate the effects of body weight supported treadmill training (BWSTT) on cardio-pulmonary functions and on depression in subjects with incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). Eight subjects (2 female, 6 male) with incomplete SCI participated in this study. Heart rate (HR), blood pressure (BP) and resting pulmonary function parameters were obtained from each subject at baseline and after BWSTT. The training programme was scheduled five times per week for six weeks. The psychological status was evaluated by Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The post-BWSTT HR value was lower than the pre-training HR value (p< 0.05). In comparison of pre- and post-BWSTT pulmonary parameters, there were only significant improvement in FVC and IC (p< 0.05). The mean BDI score was lower after BWSTT compared to before BWSTT value. As a conclusion, 6 weeks BWSTT had positive effect on heart rate and limited effect on pulmonary functions. There was an improvement in depression level of the SCI subjects.
authors.affiliation: Suleyman Demirel University, School of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Isparta, Turkey. feraysoyupek@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Feray
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Soyupek
authors.forename: Serpil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Savas
authors.forename: Onder
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Oztürk
authors.forename: Erdem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ilgün
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bircan
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akkaya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D003863:Depression / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011581:Psychological Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*