The Physiology of Exercise in Spinal Cord Injury

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Taylor, J. Andrew (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Physiology in Health and Disease
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Health promotion.; Rehabilitation medicine.; Sports medicine.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Rehabilitation Medicine.; Sports Medicine.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

Every year, around the world, between 250,000 and 500,000 people suffer a spinal cord injury (SCI). Those with an SCI are two to five times more likely to die prematurely than people without a spinal cord injury, with worse survival rates in low- and middle-income countries. Dynamic aerobic requires...