Methods of Assessing Fitness and Physical Capacity

Physical Fitness Clinical Trial

Official title:

Methods of Assessing Fitness and Physical Capacity of People With Special Needs - Searching for Guidelines and Methods for Measuring the Population of People With Impairments

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05106348
• Other study ID #: SKE 01-01/2020 (1)
• Status: Completed
• Start date: March 13, 2020
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: October 2021
• Source: Józef Pilsudski University of Physical Education
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Aerobic fitness is an important part of sport training preparation for wheelchair rugby players. Currently, there are some test protocols on arm crank ergometer for spinal cord injury people. However, wheelchair propulsion seems to be better and more specific movement to assess aerobic fitness in wheelchair rugby player. Thus, this pilot study was designed to determine the reliability of the aerobic fitness test protocol on a wheelchair ergometer for wheelchair rugby players.

Methods Ten wheelchair rugby players (C5/6 = 4, C6/C7 = 3, C7/th1 = 1 all with incomplete lesions, cerebral palsy (CP) = 1; dysmelia = 1; mean age = 32,90 yr. ± 5,17; body mass = 70,04 kg ± 12,53; body height = 177,70 cm ± 18,64) participated in the aerobic fitness test on the Lode Esseda wheelchair ergometer (LEM Software 10.12, Groningen, Netherlands). This test involved different considering players' International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) class (class 0.5 = 4 players, classes 1.0-1.5 = 6 players, and classes 2.0-3.5 = 8 players) increments of workload every minute at constant velocity of 4.5 km/h. Peak oxygen uptake (V̇O2peak l/min, V̇O2peak ml/kg/min), minute ventilation (VE), and the test time achieved were collected (Cortex Metamax). The load [N, Watts] from the last fully achieved level in the test was noticed. Participants repeated the aerobic fitness test twice with 24h break. Each player had 10 minutes warm-up before the test. Differences (T-test for independent groups or Wilcoxon test) and correlations (Pearson test or Spearman test) between results from the first and the second repetition of the test (fully achieved load level in the test) were calculated to establish reliability. The intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC) and standard error of measurement (SEM) were added. The significance level was set at p<.05

Description:

"the Lode Esseda" is the name of a wheelchair ergometer.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 10
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: June 21, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• wheelchair rugby players - elite athletes, national team athletes

Exclusion Criteria:

• not healthy participant

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Physical Fitness

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• Aerobic Fitness Test
aerobic fitness test to assess wheelchair rugby players capacity

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Poland	Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw	Warsaw	Mazovia

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Jolanta Marszalek	Polish Wheelchair Rugby Federation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Poland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	aerobic fitness test	Determination the reliability of the aerobic fitness test protocol on a wheelchair ergometer for wheelchair rugby players.	13.03.2020-30.06.2021