Publications by authors named "Fransiska Marie Bossuyt"
Article Synopsis
- The study evaluated factors affecting shoulder pain among individuals with spinal cord injury in Switzerland, using data from surveys conducted in 2012, 2017, and 2022.
- The analysis found that 34.4% of respondents reported shoulder pain, with females, individuals with spasticity or contractures, those experiencing depression, and those with incomplete tetraplegia being at higher risk.
- Overall, findings highlight the importance of gender, injury severity, time since injury, health conditions, and wheelchair use as key determinants of shoulder pain variability among affected individuals.
Objective: This study aimed to identify acute changes in biceps and supraspinatus tendon characteristics before and after a graded exercise test to exhaustion (GXT) in highly trained wheelchair rugby (WR) athletes. A secondary aspect was to define chronic tendon adaptations related to the impairment of the athlete and the occupation of the tendon within the subacromial space (occupation ratio).
Methods: Twelve WR athletes with different impairments (age = 32 ± 6 years; body mass = 67.