Wheelchair Rugby Players With Tetraplegia Clinical Trial
Official title:
Physiological and Psycho-social Variables of People With a Spinal Cord Injury
People with Spinal cord injury with tetraplegia suffer from respiratory problem due to
weakness of the muscles and because the autonomic system dysfunction.
Exercise is one way of preserving and improving physical fitness and directly and indirectly
reduce risk factors such as insulin resistance, weight loss and low values of HDL. subjects
with spinal cord injury with tetraplegia have limited options for exercise: table tennis,
gym, pool and more. Because of the nature of the injury which includes the sympathetic
failure, they can not easily get the desired pulse to improve physical fitness.
Wheelchair rugby in Canada was developed specifically for people with tetraplegia who could
not participate in wheelchair basketball. The game combines short, quick races with
different aerobic capabilities. Previous studies have shown that participants in wheelchair
rugby Improve anaerobic power, oxygen consumption, physical fitness and daily functioning.
Wheelchair rugby improves self-confidence and as a result it affects other areas of life.
Another study examined sense of self-efficacy, saw improvement in this index for rugby
players in a wheelchair at high levels.
In the present study the investigators aim to examine whether regular participation in
wheelchair Rugby for a season has more impact than other routine exercise (table tennis,
gym, swimming).
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Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Prospective