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Effect of wheelchair Training in Paraplegic athletes

To Compare Effect of Endurance Training by wheelchair skills on Heart Rate Variability, VO2 peak and Hand Grip Strength in sedentary paraplegic,paraplegic athletes and soccer players

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2021/03/032098
Enrollment
100
Registered
2021-03-18
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: S341- Other and unspecified injury of lumbar and sacral spinal cord

Interventions

Intervention1: Wheelchair Propulsion Endurance Training: subjects will be enrolled in wheel chair drills for endurance exercise training program at an interval of two baseline sessions as training. Th

Sponsors

Gaurav Kadyan
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Subjects with paraplegia from traumatic cause (spinal level T1-12) 2. Duration of injury : more than 1 year 3. Age -20-40 years 4. ASIA-A,B 5. Subject should be completely active in ADLs and functionally independent. 6. Subjects will required to be sedentary that is no leisure time physical activity or a strenuous exercise within 48 hours prior testing

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Subjects taking medication that could affect heart rate e.g. beta blockers, Ca++ channel blockers 2. Subjects with premorbid respiratory condition like asthma, COPD, restrictive lung diseases 3. Active Smokers. 4. History of unstable angina, recent cardiac infarction, uncontrolled hypertension, kidney failure, autonomic dysfunction, diabetes. 5. Subjects with any diagnosed cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, physiological, musculoskeletal, psychiatric disorders other than spinal cord injury, obesity, and drug users specially drugs affecting nervous system.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Dependent Variables Cardiac autonomic function: Heart rate variability Functional capacity parameters Hand grip dynamometry test Six minute push test Yo-Yo intermittent adapted recovery test VO2 Peak Timepoint: day 0 (pre-intervention) and after 6 weeks of training post reading post intervention (day 46) Dependent Variables Cardiac autonomic function: Heart rate variability Functional capacity parameters Hand grip dynamometry test Six minute push test Yo-Yo intermittent adapted recovery test VO2 Peak

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
wheelchair endurance drillsTimepoint: before intervention after the study get the registration, after 6 weeks of intervention

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactGaurav Kadyan

Indian Spinal Injuries Centre Institute of Rehabilitation

gaurav.mpt@gmail.com9319133105

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026