Medicine Ball Throw Responsiveness to Measure Wheelchair Basketball Mobility in Male Players.

Context: Monitoring training loads and consequent fatigue responses are usually a result of personal trainers' experiences and an adaptation of methods used in sports for people without disabilities. Currently, there is little scientific evidence on the relationship between training load and fatigue resulting from training sessions in wheelchair sports. Analogous to the vertical jump, which has been associated with competitive performance and used to assess fatigue in Olympic sports, the medicine ball throw (MBT) is a fast, feasible, and accessible test that might be used to measure performance outcomes in Paralympic athletes.

Influence of Relative Strength on Functional Independence of Patients With Spinal Cord Injury.

Objective: To investigate the influence of strength values and fat mass on functional independence of men with different spinal cord injury (SCI) levels.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Hospital network.

Body composition modifications in people with chronic spinal cord injury after supervised physical activity.

Background: Quantification of body composition variables is important for planning of better activities in relation to individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Objectives: (1) To evaluate changes in body composition in patients with SCI after a supervised physical activity process; (2) To correlate total body fat with time since injury.

Design: Pre-post intervention.