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The primary aim of this investigation was to compare maximum wheelchair performance with arm cranking using a multistage progressive work load protocol. In five subjects with a wide range of neurological disability and two normal males the differences observed in maximum oxygen uptake, heart rate and ventilation during two forms of upper limbs exercise, were not significant.
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Wicks, J., Lymburner, K., Dinsdale, S. et al. The use of multistage exercise testing with wheelchair ergometry and arm cranking in subjects with spinal cord lesions. Spinal Cord 15, 252–260 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1977.38
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