S de Groot1, K Postma2, L van Vliet3, R Timmermans4, L J M Valent5. 1. 1] Amsterdam Rehabilitation Research Center|Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands [2] University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Center for Human Movement Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands. 2. 1] SCI unit, Rijndam Rehabilitation Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands [2] Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Erasmuc MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 3. Amsterdam Rehabilitation Research Center|Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 4. SCI unit, Rijndam Rehabilitation Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 5. Research and Development, Rehabilitation Center Heliomare, Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands.
Abstract
STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional analyses. OBJECTIVES: To analyze exercise intensity during a mountain time trial in handcycling and to determine predictors of race time. SETTING: Eight Dutch rehabilitation centers and Austrian mountain. METHODS: Forty participants with spinal cord injury (SCI; high lesion level (>T6): N=11; low lesion level (⩽T6): N=29) handcycled a 20.2-km mountain time trial. Heart rate (HR) was monitored in 17 (high: N=5, low: N=12) participants during the race to determine exercise intensity, expressed relative to the heart rate reserve (%HRR). Two weeks before the race all participants completed laboratory tests to measure anthropometrics and peak values for power output (POpeak), oxygen uptake (VO2peak) and HR. RESULTS: Mean race time was 4 h and 1 min (s.d.: 1 h and 24 min), with no difference in race time between lesion groups. Mean exercise intensity during the race was 70±7%HRR. Exercise was mainly (73% of the race time) at a vigorous intensity (60-89%HRR), with 29% of the total time in the 80-89%HRR zone. No clear differences were found in exercise intensities between lesion groups. The strongest predictors for better race times were higher mean %HRR during race (R(2)=57%), lower waist circumference (R(2)=39%), higher POpeak (R(2)=39%) and VO2peak (R(2)=32%). CONCLUSION: A 20-km mountain time trial in a handcycle is intensive. Faster race times were achieved by those with a lower waist circumference, greater fitness level and ability to perform at higher average exercise intensities during the race. Level of SCI was not significantly associated with race time.
STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional analyses. OBJECTIVES: To analyze exercise intensity during a mountain time trial in handcycling and to determine predictors of race time. SETTING: Eight Dutch rehabilitation centers and Austrian mountain. METHODS: Forty participants with spinal cord injury (SCI; high lesion level (>T6): N=11; low lesion level (⩽T6): N=29) handcycled a 20.2-km mountain time trial. Heart rate (HR) was monitored in 17 (high: N=5, low: N=12) participants during the race to determine exercise intensity, expressed relative to the heart rate reserve (%HRR). Two weeks before the race all participants completed laboratory tests to measure anthropometrics and peak values for power output (POpeak), oxygen uptake (VO2peak) and HR. RESULTS: Mean race time was 4 h and 1 min (s.d.: 1 h and 24 min), with no difference in race time between lesion groups. Mean exercise intensity during the race was 70±7%HRR. Exercise was mainly (73% of the race time) at a vigorous intensity (60-89%HRR), with 29% of the total time in the 80-89%HRR zone. No clear differences were found in exercise intensities between lesion groups. The strongest predictors for better race times were higher mean %HRR during race (R(2)=57%), lower waist circumference (R(2)=39%), higher POpeak (R(2)=39%) and VO2peak (R(2)=32%). CONCLUSION: A 20-km mountain time trial in a handcycle is intensive. Faster race times were achieved by those with a lower waist circumference, greater fitness level and ability to perform at higher average exercise intensities during the race. Level of SCI was not significantly associated with race time.
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