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Article: Periodized Weight Training for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injuries.(Spinal Cord Injuries, part 2)
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- Palaestra
- Article date:
- June 22, 2000
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Muscular strength plays an important role in the lives of people with spinal cord injuries. While entering a car and negotiating a curb are activities most people without spinal cord injuries perform without second thoughts, these same activities of daily living (ADL) can be physically taxing for people with spinal cord injuries (Janssen et al., 1996; Janssen, van Oers, van der Woude, & Hollander, 1994; Janssen, van Oers, Veeger, et al., 1994). Fortunately, muscular strength can be increased. Research indicates people with spinal cord injuries who are stronger perform ADL better (Wise, in press, 1999), and with less stress (Janssen, van Oers, Veeger, et al., 1994; Noreau, ...