Feasibility, Safety, and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Home-Based Self-Managed High-Intensity Interval Training Program Offered to Long-Term Manual Wheelchair Users.

Cindy GauthierRachel BrosseauAudrey L HicksDany H Gagnon

Published in: Rehabilitation research and practice (2018)

Home-based wheelchair HIIT appears feasible and safe although potential development of shoulder pain remains a concern and should be addressed with a future preventive shoulder exercise program. Some recommendations have been proposed for a larger study aiming to strengthen evidence regarding the feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of HIIT.

Keyphrases

high intensity
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
chronic pain
rotator cuff
resistance training
quality improvement
current status
neuropathic pain
physical activity
clinical practice
spinal cord
human health
spinal cord injury
body composition