Improving recovery in wheelchair basketball players

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Spinal cord injury; Amputee; Spina Bifida; Cerebral palsy; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619001004156
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Waikato

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-07-15
• Last Update Posted: 22 July 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 16

Inclusion Criteria

To take part in this study participants must be over 18 years of age, be regular wheelchair basketball players, physically well and injury free
Physical disabilities include spinal cord injury, spina bifida, amputee, cerebral palsy

Exclusion Criteria

Individuals who do not regularly play wheelchair basketball, are injured or have any health conditions that could be made worse through participating

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Maximal medicine ball chest pass<br>Participant must throw 5kg medicine ball as far as they can.<br>3 times - 1 minute rest in between each throw[Performed three times. Immediately before high intensity session, <br>5 minutes after high intensity session<br>immediately following use of pneumatic compression sleeves];Repeated wheelchair sprints<br>3 x 15 metre sprints<br>45 sec rest in between. [Performed three times. Immediately before high intensity session, <br>5 minutes after high intensity session<br>immediately following use of pneumatic compression sleeves];Blood lactate - using finger prick test. [Performed three times. Immediately before high intensity session, <br>5 minutes after high intensity session<br>immediately following use of pneumatic compression sleeves]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Muscle soreness - measured using algometer that measures amount of pressure within the muscle[Performed three times. Immediately before high intensity session, <br>5 minutes after high intensity session<br>immediately following use of pneumatic compression sleeves];Hand grip strength - measured using dynamometer [Performed three times. Immediately before high intensity session, <br>5 minutes after high intensity session<br>immediately following use of pneumatic compression sleeves]