Mylène Leclerc1,2, Cindy Gauthier1,2, Rachel Brosseau1, François Desmeules1,3, Dany H Gagnon1,2. 1. School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada. 2. Pathokinesiology Laboratory, Center of Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal, Institut universitaire sur la réadaptation en déficience physique de Montréal, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'Ile-de-Montréal, QC, Canada. 3. Orthopaedic Clinical Research Unit, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Center, QC, Canada.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate if the completion of a recently developed treadmill-based wheelchair propulsion maximal progressive workload incremental test alters the integrity of the long head of the biceps and supraspinatus tendons using musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging biomarkers. METHOD: Fifteen manual wheelchair users completed the incremental test. Ultrasound images of the long head of the biceps and supraspinatus tendons were recorded before, immediately after, and 48 hours after the completion of the test using a standardized protocol. Geometric, composition, and texture-related ultrasound biomarkers characterized tendon integrity. RESULTS: Participants propelled during 10.2 ± 2.9 minutes with the majority (N = 13/15) having reached at least the eighth stage of the test (speed = 0.8 m/s; slope = 3.6°). All ultrasound biomarkers characterizing tendon integrity, measured in the longitudinal and transversal planes for both tendons, were similar (p = 0.063 to 1.000) across measurement times. CONCLUSION: The performance of the motorized treadmill wheelchair propulsion test to assess aerobic fitness produced no changes to ultrasound biomarkers of the biceps or supraspinatus tendons. Hence, there was no ultrasound imaging evidence of a maladaptive response due to overstimulation in these tendons immediately after and 48 hours after the performance of the test.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate if the completion of a recently developed treadmill-based wheelchair propulsion maximal progressive workload incremental test alters the integrity of the long head of the biceps and supraspinatus tendons using musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging biomarkers. METHOD: Fifteen manual wheelchair users completed the incremental test. Ultrasound images of the long head of the biceps and supraspinatus tendons were recorded before, immediately after, and 48 hours after the completion of the test using a standardized protocol. Geometric, composition, and texture-related ultrasound biomarkers characterized tendon integrity. RESULTS: Participants propelled during 10.2 ± 2.9 minutes with the majority (N = 13/15) having reached at least the eighth stage of the test (speed = 0.8 m/s; slope = 3.6°). All ultrasound biomarkers characterizing tendon integrity, measured in the longitudinal and transversal planes for both tendons, were similar (p = 0.063 to 1.000) across measurement times. CONCLUSION: The performance of the motorized treadmill wheelchair propulsion test to assess aerobic fitness produced no changes to ultrasound biomarkers of the biceps or supraspinatus tendons. Hence, there was no ultrasound imaging evidence of a maladaptive response due to overstimulation in these tendons immediately after and 48 hours after the performance of the test.
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