ArticleThe South African journal of physiotherapy2017
The relationship between physical fitness and community participation in people with spinal cord injury.
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- Enhanced community reintegration: the impact of participating in wheelchair basketball on reintegration of people living with a spinal cord injury.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Association between sociodemographic and injury factors in community reintegration following spinal cord injury: An analysis of two datasets.The South African journal of physiotherapy · 2026Article
- Physical fitness in wheelchair users with spinal cord injury, level of mobility and community participation: an observational cross-sectional studyRevista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina) · 2025Observational
- A Practical Cardiovascular Health Assessment for Manual Wheelchair Users During the 6-Minute Push Test.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The influence of pain on community reintegration after spinal cord injury.Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2025Article
- Global trends in scientific production on physical exercise and spinal cord injury.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Review
- Inertial Measurement Unit and Heart Rate Monitoring to Assess Cardiovascular Fitness of Manual Wheelchair Users during the Six-Minute Push Test.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Community mobility and participation assessment of manual wheelchair users: a review of current techniques and challenges.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Review
- Clinical and socio-demographic determinants of community reintegration in people with spinal cord injury in eThekwini Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal province.The South African journal of physiotherapy · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundPeople with spinal cord injury (PWSCI) who use wheelchairs for mobility tend to be physically inactive because of their limited mobility. Poor endurance and exercise tolerance, associated with poor physical fitness, can make it challenging to meet the physical demands of activities such as manoeuvring a wheelchair over gravel roads. This may lead to poor community participation in activities PWSCI were involved in pre-morbidly. To date, no studies have been conducted in South Africa on what the relationship is between physical fitness and community participation in PWSCI.
aimThe purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between physical fitness and community participation in PWSCI. METHODOLOGY: An exploratory cross-sectional survey was conducted on PWSCI living in the Greater Tshwane Metropolitan City. Physical fitness was measured using the 6 minute push test (6MPT) and the Borg scale. Community participation was measured using the Reintegration to Normal Living Index (RNLI). The data were analysed using the Spearman's Rank correlation at a 5% level of significance.
resultsModerate to poor associations were found between the 6MPT and the Borg scale with the RNLI (
conclusionThis study shows that there is a relationship between physical fitness and community participation in PWSCI. Information gained from this study lays the foundation for more studies in this area, and for possible improvement in rehabilitation practice.
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