Motor skills wheelchairs influenced by trunk control

摘要

TheaimofthisstudywastoanalyzetheeffectivenessofatrainingprotocolforLumbarSegmentalStabilization(LSS)ontrunkcontrolandskillsonwheelchairmanagement(WC)inparaplegicindividuals.Thesampleconsistedof5men(31.2#177;12.9years)withspinalcordinjurybelowTsub6/sub.Thetotaldisplacement(TD)andtheanteroposterior(AP)andmedial-lateral(ML)amplitudesofcenterofpressure(COP)wereanalyzedusingaforceplatformintwotestpositions(handsonkneesandcrossoverarms).SkillsinthewheelchairwereanalyzedbytheWheelchairSkillsTest(WST),preandpostLSStrainingprotocol.ThestatisticalanalysiswasperformedwithSPSS(15.0)usinganANOVAtest(alpha;le;0.05).Incomparisonpre-andpost-training,therewassignificantreductionintheTDoftheCPinthesittingpositionwithhandsonknees(P0.01)andcrossedarmsonchest(P0.01).Therewasnochangeinskills(asmeasuredbytheWST)betweenpre-andpost-traininginanyofthelevelsstudied.TheLSStrainingprotocolproposedwaseffectiveforimprovingtrunkcontrol,butdidnotchangetheskillsforwheelchairmanagementinparaplegicindividuals./font