Provides aerobic exercise guidelines for quadriplegics. Makes recommendations about frequency, intensity, and duration of workouts. Explains how to gauge workout intensity.
Assists people with spinal cord injuries and mobility impairments in achieving independence, self-reliance, and full community participation. Offers peer support, counselling, advocacy, and information services.
Recommends endurance training as a means of improving the cardiovascular health of quadriplegics. Emphasizes a balanced fitness program of exercises for both muscle strength and aerobic conditioning.
Describes paralysis caused by spinal cord injury and disease. Offers statistics on spinal cord injury in Canada. Explains what paraplegia, quadriplegia, and hemiplegia are.
