Feasibility, Safety, and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Home-Based Self-Managed High-Intensity Interval Training Program Offered to Long-Term Manual Wheelchair Users
Table 1
Description of participants.
Participants
Sex
Age (years)
Height (m)
Weight (kg)
Time since injury (years)
BMI (kg/cm2)
SCI level
AIS
Level of physical activity
HIIT group
1
F
34.3
1.75
70.8
5.1
23.1
T6
C
c
2
M
32.9
1.93
84.9
9.0
22.8
T6
A
c
3
M
37.8
1.8
65.0
8.7
20.1
T10
B
c
4
M
30.6
1.8
66.1
1.3
20.4
C7
B
c
Mean ± SD (range)
33.9 ± 3.0 (30.6–37.8)
1.8 ± 0.1 (1.8–1.9)
71.7 ± 9.2 (65.0–84.9)
6.0 ± 3.6 (1.3–9.0)
21.6 ± 1.6 (20.1–23.1)
LMCT group
1
M
22.7
1.90
73.0
2.8
20.2
C6
A
c
2
M
58.6
1.75
97.6
22.8
31.9
T10
A
c
3
M
63.9
1.9
95.6
16.6
26.5
T10
A
b
4
M
26.5
1.83
78.1
5.4
23.3
T11
C
a
5
M
44.1
1.76
105.00
3.8
33.9
T11
A
c
Mean ± SD (range)
43.2 ± 18.5 (22.7–63.9)
1.8 ± 0.1 (1.8–1.9)
89.9 ± 13.6 (73.0–105.0)
11.5 ± 10.3 (2.8–22.8)
27.2 ± 5.7 (20.2–33.9)
Drop out
1
M
26.3
1.83
72.5
2.0
21.6
C7
B
c
2
F
39.7
1.65
73.4
4.8
27.0
T2
A
c
Mean ± SD (range)
33.0 (26.3–39.7)
1.7 (1.7-1.8)
73.0 (72.5–73.4)
3.4 (2.0–4.8)
24.3 (21.6–27.0)
(a) Physically inactive or sedentary (less than one exercise session (≥20 minutes) per week), (b) irregularly or moderately active (between one and two exercise sessions per week), and (c) active (three or more exercise sessions per week).
