Cardiorespiratory endurance in people with cerebral palsy measured using an arm ergometer

Disability Type Influences Heart Rate Response during Power Wheelchair Sport

“…Tobimatsu and colleagues (22) investigated the cardiorespiratory responses to arm ergometry in 12 men with CP. Five individuals were community ambulators and seven were manual wheelchair users.…”

“…Also, GAME HR was used to estimate MET values sustained during activity from four regression equations appropriate for the current sample (i.e., children with CP, adults with CP, children without CP, and adults without CP). The regression equations for children were developed on individuals aged 7-17 yr (19), whereas the adult equations were developed on individuals 18 yr and older (22). Because participants ranged in age from 8 to 55 yr, participant age and disability type dictated the regression equation selected.…”

“…Although the use of an electric wheelchair theoretically equates the energy demand and limits exercise intensity for participants, exercise responses to power wheelchair competition may vary due to mechanisms specific to disability type. Several authors have documented higher energy expenditure during low-intensity activity for children and adults with CP compared with able-bodied controls (16,19,20,22,24,25). Unnithan and researchers (25) have documented that total body work, or mechanical power output, explains 87% of variability in oxygen cost of children with CP during submaximal walking.…”

Aerobic fitness and lifestyle with non-exercise physical activity in adults with cerebral palsy

“…3,23,[34][35][36]44,62,65) . Other than the efforts by Berg 38) as mentioned earlier, the submaximal exercise test had not been employed in this population until recently [19][20][21][22] .…”

“…Such knowledge is necessary to improve the well-being of people with cerebral palsy. Many easier submaximal exercise tests can be used instead of the multi-stage submaximal cycle ergometer test [64][65][66][67][68][69] . For example, the 20m (meter) shuttle run test evaluates physical performance and can be used as a field test; however, its results cannot be substituted for those of V ・ O2max in laboratory settings 72) .…”