Is Thera-band exercise protocol effective on upper movement efficiency and sport participation motivation of athletes with spinal cord injury?
Code: G-1282
Authors: Lale Pooryamanesh, Leila Pooryamanesh ©, Milad Gholami ℗
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Abstract:
Introduction
The trunk and shoulder of wheelchair athletes due to long-term sitting position, extremely vulnerable and are the most common site of musculoskeletal problems. The goal of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of the Thera-band exercises on the movement efficiency of the upper body and sport participation motivation of wheelchair athletes with spinal cord injury.
Methods and Materials / Case Report
In an interventional study, 26 male and female wheelchair athletes with spinal cord injury (age: 27.11±6.67) who were active in table tennis, basketball, swimming and petanque were selected and randomly divided into two control and training groups. To measure movement efficiency scores, the athlete was asked to perform shoulder flexion, internal rotation, external rotation, horizontal abduction and trunk lateral flexion, trunk rotation, neck lateral flexion, and neck rotation, 5 times on the wheelchair. Then, the compensatory or wrong movements in each movement were recorded in Fusionetics software. To evaluate the sports motivation level of athletes, the Sports Participation Motivation Questionnaire (SPMQ) was used. The Thera-band exercise program was implemented on the training group for 8 weeks, 3 sessions per week and each session lasted 40 minutes. To statistical analysis SPSS software was used (version 28).
Results
The results showed that there was a significant increase in upper movement efficiency and the motivation of athletes after the 8 weeks intervention with Thera-band in the training group (p0.05).
Conclusion
Considering the effectiveness of Thera-band exercises, it is suggested to be given more attention to increase the movement efficiency and motivation in wheelchair athletes.
Key Words
Spinal Cord Injury, Motivation, Efficiency, Athletes, Exercise
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