Seated double-poling ergometer performance of individuals with spinal cord injury - A new ergometer concept for standardized upper body exercise

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 176-182

  Bjerkefors, Anna ^a,b   Tinmark, F ^a,b   Nilsson, J ^a   Arndt, A ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ergometer; force; kinematics; paraplegia; tetraplegia; training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EQUIPMENT; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHOULDER; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDARD; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER JOINT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872920369     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: 14393964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1311653     Document Type: Article

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