Exercise Intensity During Power Wheelchair Soccer

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• 作者：J.P. Barfield ; DA^a ; ^{abarfield@radford.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Laura Newsome ; PhD^a ; Laurie A. Malone ; PhD^b
• 关键词：Cerebral palsy ; Muscular atrophy ; spinal ; Muscular dystrophies ; Rehabilitation ; Spinal cord injuries
• 刊名：Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：November 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：97
• 期：11
• 页码：1938-1944
• 全文大小：249 K

文摘

To determine exercise intensity during power wheelchair soccer among a sample of persons with mobility impairments.

Design

Cross-sectional descriptive.

Setting

On-site training facilities of multiple power wheelchair soccer teams.

Participants

Participants with severe mobility impairments (N=30) (mean ± SD, age: 29.40±15.51y, body mass index: 24.11±6.47kg/m², power soccer experience: 7.91±3.93y, disability sport experience: 12.44±9.73y) were recruited from multiple power wheelchair soccer teams.

Interventions

Portable metabolic carts were used to collect oxygen consumption ($\dot{\mathrm{V}}$o₂) data during resting and game play conditions.

Main Outcome Measures

Average $\dot{\mathrm{V}}$o₂ (expressed in metabolic equivalent tasks [METs]) during resting and game play conditions and rating of perceived exertion for game play.

Results

$\dot{\mathrm{V}}$o₂ increased from 1.35±0.47 METs at rest to 1.81±0.65 METs during game play. This 34% increase in exercise intensity was significant (P<.01) and supported by a mean perceived exertion score of approximately 13 (somewhat hard).

Conclusions

Although not able to sustain an intensity associated with reduced secondary disease risk (ie, 3 METs), the documented light-intensity exercise in the current study surpassed an intensity threshold associated with improved functional capacity and performance of daily living activities (ie, 1.5 METs).