Journal of Rehabilitation (Jul 2013)

The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Lipid Factors in Spinal Cord Injury individuals

  • Abbas Ali Gaeini,
  • Sadegh Sattari-Fard,
  • Zahra Haj-Amini

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 2
pp. 54 – 60

Abstract

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Objective: People with spinal cord injuries (SCIs), are at risk for cardiorespiratory illnesses because sedentary life. The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of eight weeks of aerobic exercise on cardiovascular, respiratory and lipid profiles in spinal cord injured individuals. Materials & Methods: Twenty spinal cord injured individuals above 70% level of disability (49.9 ± 4.5 years old, and 25.9 ± 1.8 years of SCI, BMI 25.03 ± 3.9 kg/m2) randomly divided into two trained and sedentary control groups. Systolic and diastolic blood pressures, VC, FEVI, HDL-C, LDL-C and fasting blood glucose were measured before and after the program, 8-week exercise training program (aerobic exercise, 30 min/day, 3 days/week) for two groups. The collected data were analyzed using the Repeated Measure test at the significant level of P0.05). Conclusion: Given the data obtained from current study, it seems that a course of exercise (8 weeks) could cause improvement in cardiovascular, respiratory and lipid profiles of individuals with spinal cord injury.

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