caa a22 4500 467942242 CHVBK 20180406153016.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00421-006-0231-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00421-006-0231-8 Shoulder muscle strength in paraplegics before and after kayak ergometer training [Elektronische Daten] [Anna Bjerkefors, Anna Jansson, Alf Thorstensson] The purpose was to investigate if shoulder muscle strength in post-rehabilitated persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) was affected by kayak ergometer training and to compare shoulder strength in persons with SCI and able-bodied persons. Ten persons with SCI (7 males and 3 females, injury levels T3-T12) performed 60min kayak ergometer training three times a week for 10weeks with progressively increased intensity. Maximal voluntary concentric contractions were performed during six shoulder movements: flexion and extension (range of motion 65°), abduction and adduction (65°), and external and internal rotation (60°), with an angular velocity of 30°s−1. Position specific strength was assessed at three shoulder angles (at the beginning, middle and end of the range of motion) in the respective movements. Test-retests were performed for all measurements before the training and the mean intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.941 (95% CI 0.928-0.954). There was a main effect of kayak ergometer training with increased shoulder muscle strength after training in persons with SCI. The improvements were independent of shoulder movement, and occurred in the beginning and middle positions. A tendency towards lower shoulder muscle strength was observed in the SCI group compared to a matched reference group of able-bodied persons. Thus, it appears that post-rehabilitated persons with SCI have not managed to fully regain/maintain their shoulder muscle strength on a similar level as that of able-bodied persons, and are able to improve their shoulder muscle strength after a period of kayak ergometer training. Springer-Verlag, 2006 Spinal cord injury nationallicence Isokinetic strength nationallicence Shoulder joint nationallicence Exercise nationallicence Training nationallicence Bjerkefors Anna Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden aut Jansson Anna Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Section of Sport Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden aut Thorstensson Alf Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden aut European Journal of Applied Physiology Springer-Verlag 97/5(2006-07-01), 613-618 1439-6319 97:5<613 2006 97 421 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-006-0231-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-006-0231-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bjerkefors Anna Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jansson Anna Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Section of Sport Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Thorstensson Alf Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Applied Physiology Springer-Verlag 97/5(2006-07-01), 613-618 1439-6319 97:5<613 2006 97 421 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer