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ArticleExperimental physiology2026

CARE-ing for concussions: Development of the Calgary Adapted aRm Ergometer (CARE) exertion test: A physiological alternative to the Calgary Concussion Cycle Test.

Jonathan D Smirl, Joshua J Burkart, Matthew G Neill, Jean-Michel Galarneau, Elizabeth K S Fletcher, Joel S Burma, Nathan E Johnson, John J Leddy, Mohammad N Haider, William M Adams and 3 more

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Article in Experimental physiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Jonathan D SmirlCerebrovascular Concussion Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Joshua J BurkartCerebrovascular Concussion Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2142-7669
Matthew G NeillCerebrovascular Concussion Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5397-208X
Jean-Michel GalarneauSport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Elizabeth K S FletcherCerebrovascular Concussion Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Joel S BurmaCerebrovascular Concussion Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9756-5793
Nathan E JohnsonCerebrovascular Concussion Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
John J LeddyUBMD Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
Mohammad N HaiderUBMD Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
William M AdamsAdams Sports Medicine Consulting LLC, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
Cheri BlauwetDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Chantel T DebertHotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Carolyn A EmerySport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Funding

Brain Changes InitiativeBranch Out Neurological FoundationFoundation Brain Canada (Brain Canada)Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of CalgaryNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council CGSD3-559333-2021Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council RGPIN-2020-04057University of Calgary
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aerobic exercise testing helps facilitate recovery post-concussion. Current protocols (Calgary Concussion Cycling Test: CCCT) are inaccessible for athletes with lower-body impairments (i.e. Para athletes). This study compared physiological parameters for a novel arm crank test, the Calgary Adapted aRm Ergometer (CARE) test, with the CCCT. Twenty non-disabled adults (10F:10M, aged 18-51) completed CCCT and CARE to volitional fatigue. Middle cerebral artery velocity (MCAv), heart rate (HR), mean arterial pressure (MAP) and end-tidal carbon dioxide (

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arm crank ergometryexercise is medicineexercise physiologyexertion testingsport‐related concussiontranscranial doppler ultrasound

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PMID41855579
PMCPMC13394999

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