PMID- 27236070 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170613 LR - 20200930 IS - 1532-821X (Electronic) IS - 0003-9993 (Linking) VI - 97 IP - 11 DP - 2016 Nov TI - Comparison of 1- Versus 3-Minute Stage Duration During Arm Ergometry in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury. PG - 1895-1900 LID - S0003-9993(16)30181-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.apmr.2016.04.020 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of stage duration on peak physiological response to arm ergometry incremental exercise testing in individuals with spinal cord injury or disease (SCI/D) in support of developing a more individualized approach to testing. DESIGN: Parallel reliability study. SETTING: University research laboratory. PARTICIPANTS: Individuals with SCI/D (N=38) performed 2 peak oxygen consumption assessments comprised of 1-minute or 3-minute stages on 1 day. INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Heart rate and oxygen consumption were recorded continuously from baseline through recovery. Every 1 minute or 3 minutes, resistance increased at an individualized level, and participants continued until volitional fatigue. The highest 30-second average was selected as peak oxygen consumption (Vo(2)peak) and peak heart rate. The highest workload achieved for >/=30 seconds was recorded as peak power output (PO). RESULTS: Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were >.95 for the following variables: absolute Vo(2)peak (mean +/- SD, 1min: 1.2+/-0.7, 3min: 1.2+/-.62L/min; 95% CI, .91-.98), relative Vo(2)peak (mean +/- SD, 1min: 16.6+/-9.4, 3min: 15.8+/-8.0mL/kg/min; 95% CI, .90-.98), absolute peak PO (mean +/- SD, 1min: 61+/-41, 3min: 66+/-41W; 95% CI, .92-.98), and relative peak PO (mean +/- SD, 1min: .80+/-56, 3min: .90+/-.55W/kg; 95% CI, .91-.98). There was no significant difference in peak heart rate between 3 minutes (132+/-27 beats per minute [bpm]) and 1 minute (130+/-28 bpm); however, the ICC lower limit was <.75 (0.67-0.90). Total test time was significantly longer in the 3-minute (8:17+/-2:52min:s) than in the 1-minute (6:29+/-2:21min:s) protocol. CONCLUSIONS: For measuring peak physiological values in an incremental arm ergometry test, stage duration is of little consequence because similar values were obtained for the main outcome measures in both protocols. CI - Copyright (c) 2016 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Maher, Jennifer L AU - Maher JL AD - The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL. Electronic address: jlmaher@med.miami.edu. FAU - Cowan, Rachel E AU - Cowan RE AD - The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL. LA - eng PT - Clinical Trial PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20160525 PL - United States TA - Arch Phys Med Rehabil JT - Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation JID - 2985158R SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Arm/*physiopathology MH - Exercise Test/*methods MH - Female MH - Heart Rate MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Oxygen Consumption MH - Physical Therapy Modalities MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Spinal Cord Injuries/*physiopathology MH - Time Factors MH - Young Adult OTO - NOTNLM OT - Rehabilitation OT - Spinal cord injuries EDAT- 2016/10/27 06:00 MHDA- 2017/06/14 06:00 CRDT- 2016/05/29 06:00 PHST- 2015/10/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/04/18 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/04/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/10/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/06/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/05/29 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0003-9993(16)30181-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.apmr.2016.04.020 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2016 Nov;97(11):1895-1900. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2016.04.020. Epub 2016 May 25.