Arm cranking and wheelchair ergometry in elite spinal cord-injured athletes.

We investigated the cardiorespiratory responses to progressive incremental arm cranking (AC) and wheelchair ergometry (WCE) and upper limb strength in 72 elite male (N=61) and female (N=11) physically disabled athletes. Peak Vo2 in the two tests increased progressively in athletes categorized according to the international classification of disability. Mean peak VO2 (ml[middle dot]min-1[middle dot]kg-1 +/- 1 SD) for males during AC was 13.4 +/- …