TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED)



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          Rest  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

          

          Wheelchair Exercise:  Physiological Response vs

          Method of Operation and Simulated Wheel Size  . . .29

          

          Oxygen update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

          

          Carbon dioxide output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

          

          Respiratory exchange ration . . . . . . . . . . . .31

          

          Energy cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

          

          Power efficiency  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

          

          Minute pulmonary ventilation  . . . . . . . . . . .43

          

          Heart rate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

          

          Recovery from exercise  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

          

          Wheelchair Operation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

     

          Arm stroke frequency  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

          

 IV.  DISCUSSION  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

 

          Propulsion Methods:  Even vs Alternate  . . . . . .57

          

               Characteristics of types of operation  . . . .57

               

               Physiological responses  . . . . . . . . . . .58

               

          Wheelchair Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

          

               Simulated wheel sizes  . . . . . . . . . . . .61

               

               Physiological responses  . . . . . . . . . . .63

               

  V.  CONCLUSION  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

  

      APPENDICES

               A.  Data for Rest and Exercise . . . . . . . .66

               

               B.  Recovery Data  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

               

               

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