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Effects of Aerobic Exercise Training on Fitness and Walking Related Outcomes in Ambulatory Individuals with Chronic Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
STUDY DESIGN: Single group, pretest-posttest study. OBJECTIVES: To determine the effects of a non-task-specific, voluntary, progressive aerobic exercise training (AET) intervention on fitness and walking-related outcomes in ambulatory adults with chronic motor-incomplete SCI. SETTING: Rehabilitation...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4909592/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26666508 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sc.2015.212 |
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author | DiPiro, Nicole D. Embry, Aaron E. Fritz, Stacy L. Middleton, Addie Krause, James S. Gregory, Chris M. |
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description | STUDY DESIGN: Single group, pretest-posttest study. OBJECTIVES: To determine the effects of a non-task-specific, voluntary, progressive aerobic exercise training (AET) intervention on fitness and walking-related outcomes in ambulatory adults with chronic motor-incomplete SCI. SETTING: Rehabilitation research center. METHODS: Ten ambulatory individuals (50% female; 57.94 ± 9.33 years old; 11.11 ± 9.66 years post injury) completed voluntary, progressive moderate-to-vigorous intensity AET on a recumbent stepper three days per week for six weeks. The primary outcome measures were aerobic capacity (VO(2peak)) and self-selected overground walking speed (OGWS). Secondary outcome measures included: walking economy, six-minute walk test (6MWT), daily step counts, Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI-II), Dynamic Gait Index (DGI), and Berg Balance Scale (BBS). RESULTS: Nine participants completed all testing and training. Significant improvements in aerobic capacity (P=0.011), OGWS (P=0.023), the percentage of VO(2peak) utilized while walking at self-selected speed (P=0.03), and daily step counts (P=0.025) resulted following training. CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate that total-body, voluntary, progressive AET is safe, feasible, and effective for improving aerobic capacity, walking speed, and select walking-related outcomes in an exclusively ambulatory SCI sample. This study suggests the potential for non-task-specific aerobic exercise to improve walking following incomplete SCI and builds a foundation for further investigation aimed at the development of exercise based rehabilitation strategies to target functionally limiting impairments in ambulatory individuals with chronic SCI. |
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spelling | pubmed-49095922016-09-22 Effects of Aerobic Exercise Training on Fitness and Walking Related Outcomes in Ambulatory Individuals with Chronic Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury DiPiro, Nicole D. Embry, Aaron E. Fritz, Stacy L. Middleton, Addie Krause, James S. Gregory, Chris M. Spinal Cord Article STUDY DESIGN: Single group, pretest-posttest study. OBJECTIVES: To determine the effects of a non-task-specific, voluntary, progressive aerobic exercise training (AET) intervention on fitness and walking-related outcomes in ambulatory adults with chronic motor-incomplete SCI. SETTING: Rehabilitation research center. METHODS: Ten ambulatory individuals (50% female; 57.94 ± 9.33 years old; 11.11 ± 9.66 years post injury) completed voluntary, progressive moderate-to-vigorous intensity AET on a recumbent stepper three days per week for six weeks. The primary outcome measures were aerobic capacity (VO(2peak)) and self-selected overground walking speed (OGWS). Secondary outcome measures included: walking economy, six-minute walk test (6MWT), daily step counts, Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI-II), Dynamic Gait Index (DGI), and Berg Balance Scale (BBS). RESULTS: Nine participants completed all testing and training. Significant improvements in aerobic capacity (P=0.011), OGWS (P=0.023), the percentage of VO(2peak) utilized while walking at self-selected speed (P=0.03), and daily step counts (P=0.025) resulted following training. CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate that total-body, voluntary, progressive AET is safe, feasible, and effective for improving aerobic capacity, walking speed, and select walking-related outcomes in an exclusively ambulatory SCI sample. This study suggests the potential for non-task-specific aerobic exercise to improve walking following incomplete SCI and builds a foundation for further investigation aimed at the development of exercise based rehabilitation strategies to target functionally limiting impairments in ambulatory individuals with chronic SCI. 2015-12-15 2016-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4909592/ /pubmed/26666508 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sc.2015.212 Text en http://www.nature.com/authors/editorial_policies/license.html#terms Users may view, print, copy, and download text and data-mine the content in such documents, for the purposes of academic research, subject always to the full Conditions of use:http://www.nature.com/authors/editorial_policies/license.html#terms |
spellingShingle | Article DiPiro, Nicole D. Embry, Aaron E. Fritz, Stacy L. Middleton, Addie Krause, James S. Gregory, Chris M. Effects of Aerobic Exercise Training on Fitness and Walking Related Outcomes in Ambulatory Individuals with Chronic Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury |
title | Effects of Aerobic Exercise Training on Fitness and Walking Related Outcomes in Ambulatory Individuals with Chronic Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury |
title_full | Effects of Aerobic Exercise Training on Fitness and Walking Related Outcomes in Ambulatory Individuals with Chronic Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury |
title_fullStr | Effects of Aerobic Exercise Training on Fitness and Walking Related Outcomes in Ambulatory Individuals with Chronic Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury |
title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Aerobic Exercise Training on Fitness and Walking Related Outcomes in Ambulatory Individuals with Chronic Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury |
title_short | Effects of Aerobic Exercise Training on Fitness and Walking Related Outcomes in Ambulatory Individuals with Chronic Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury |
title_sort | effects of aerobic exercise training on fitness and walking related outcomes in ambulatory individuals with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4909592/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26666508 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sc.2015.212 |
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