Research Article

Trunk and Shoulder Kinematic and Kinetic and Electromyographic Adaptations to Slope Increase during Motorized Treadmill Propulsion among Manual Wheelchair Users with a Spinal Cord Injury

Table 3

Group average (SD) mean temporal parameter measured of the push phase measured at the nondominant handrim at the five different slopes tested.

Slopes
2.7°3.6°4.8°7.1°

Temporal parameters (s)
Push phase0.48 ± 0.080.48 ± 0.080.49 ± 0.080.48 ± 0.070.48 ± 0.06
Recovery phase0.59 ± 0.220.27 ± 0.100.26 ± 0.090.22 ± 0.080.18 ± 0.05

Total (cycle)1.07 ± 0.230.75 ± 0.160.75 ± 0.140.70 ± 0.130.66 ± 0.10