OBJECTIVE: To determine whether cardiorespiratory endurance, a component of physical fitness, in people with cerebral palsy (CP) is lower than that in able-bodied people, and whether the difference in locomotion of CP patients affects their cardiorespiratory endurance. DESIGN: Nonrandomized control trial. SETTING: Referred care center. SUBJECTS: Twelve men with CP who were independent in daily life and 7 able-bodied control volunteers. INTERVENTION: Cardiorespiratory endurance of the subjects was measured with an arm ergometer. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Oxygen consumption (VO2), heart rate (HR), and physical working capacity (PWC) measured during arm ergometer rotation. RESULTS: The 75\%VO2max and 75\%HRmax did not differ significantly between CP subjects and control subjects, or between ambulatory CP subjects and wheelchair-bound CP subjects. However, the PWC at 75\%HRmax of the CP subjects was significantly lower than that of the control subjects. CONCLUSION: Cardiorespiratory endurance does not differ significantly between people with CP and able-bodied people. Type of locomotion does not affect cardiorespiratory endurance. However, the highest PWC performed by the CP subjects was significantly lower than that of the control subjects.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Tobimatsu1998
%A Tobimatsu, Y.
%A Nakamura, R.
%A Kusano, S.
%A Iwasaki, Y.
%D 1998
%J Arch Phys Med Rehabil
%K Activities of Daily Living; Adolescent; Adult; Case-Control Studies; Cerebral Palsy; Exercise Test; Tolerance; Heart Rate; Humans; Locomotion; Male; Oxygen Consumption; Physical Endurance; Regression Analysis
%N 8
%P 991--993
%T Cardiorespiratory endurance in people with cerebral palsy measured using an arm ergometer.
%V 79
%X OBJECTIVE: To determine whether cardiorespiratory endurance, a component of physical fitness, in people with cerebral palsy (CP) is lower than that in able-bodied people, and whether the difference in locomotion of CP patients affects their cardiorespiratory endurance. DESIGN: Nonrandomized control trial. SETTING: Referred care center. SUBJECTS: Twelve men with CP who were independent in daily life and 7 able-bodied control volunteers. INTERVENTION: Cardiorespiratory endurance of the subjects was measured with an arm ergometer. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Oxygen consumption (VO2), heart rate (HR), and physical working capacity (PWC) measured during arm ergometer rotation. RESULTS: The 75\%VO2max and 75\%HRmax did not differ significantly between CP subjects and control subjects, or between ambulatory CP subjects and wheelchair-bound CP subjects. However, the PWC at 75\%HRmax of the CP subjects was significantly lower than that of the control subjects. CONCLUSION: Cardiorespiratory endurance does not differ significantly between people with CP and able-bodied people. Type of locomotion does not affect cardiorespiratory endurance. However, the highest PWC performed by the CP subjects was significantly lower than that of the control subjects.
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abstract = {OBJECTIVE: To determine whether cardiorespiratory endurance, a component of physical fitness, in people with cerebral palsy (CP) is lower than that in able-bodied people, and whether the difference in locomotion of CP patients affects their cardiorespiratory endurance. DESIGN: Nonrandomized control trial. SETTING: Referred care center. SUBJECTS: Twelve men with CP who were independent in daily life and 7 able-bodied control volunteers. INTERVENTION: Cardiorespiratory endurance of the subjects was measured with an arm ergometer. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Oxygen consumption (VO2), heart rate (HR), and physical working capacity (PWC) measured during arm ergometer rotation. RESULTS: The 75\%VO2max and 75\%HRmax did not differ significantly between CP subjects and control subjects, or between ambulatory CP subjects and wheelchair-bound CP subjects. However, the PWC at 75\%HRmax of the CP subjects was significantly lower than that of the control subjects. CONCLUSION: Cardiorespiratory endurance does not differ significantly between people with CP and able-bodied people. Type of locomotion does not affect cardiorespiratory endurance. However, the highest PWC performed by the CP subjects was significantly lower than that of the control subjects.},
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author = {Tobimatsu, Y. and Nakamura, R. and Kusano, S. and Iwasaki, Y.},
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keywords = {Activities of Daily Living; Adolescent; Adult; Case-Control Studies; Cerebral Palsy; Exercise Test; Tolerance; Heart Rate; Humans; Locomotion; Male; Oxygen Consumption; Physical Endurance; Regression Analysis},
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