Research Article

Effects of Seated Postural Stability and Trunk and Upper Extremity Strength on Performance during Manual Wheelchair Propulsion Tests in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury: An Exploratory Study

Table 4

Key predictors of the performance-based timed manual wheelchair tests.

Regression equation Adjusted Beta value

Timed 20 m propulsion test (s)
Natural velocity = ⁢No attempt to generate a predictive model
Maximal velocity =0.530
  15.233+
  −7.003 shoulder adductor-weakest side−0.7520.002

Timed slalom test (s) =0.713
 30.880+
 −9.046 shoulder adductors- strongest side+−0.4800.043
 −11.561 seated reaching test-forward−0.4630.048

6 min propulsion test (m) =0.519
 332.898+
 4.492 handgrip-strongest side0.7490.002

Variable inflation factor = 1.9.