COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF CYCLE ERGOMETER AND STAIR CLIMBING TRAINING ON ENERGY COST, WALKING SPEED AND MUSCULAR ENDURANCE OF STROKE PATIENTS AT AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, ZARIA, NIGERIA.

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dc.contributor.authorIGARA, EMMANUEL IKENNA
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-05T09:17:40Z
dc.date.available2015-03-05T09:17:40Z
dc.date.issued2014-10
dc.descriptionA DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE RQUREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY [PhD] DEGREE IN EXERCISE AND SPORT SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA OCTOBER, 2014en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study was on the comparative effects of cycle ergometer and stair climbing training on energy cost, walking speed and muscular endurance of stroke patients. To achieve this purpose, 24 volunteer stroke patients were randomly assigned to three groups of eight subjects each by balloting. Group A was cycle ergometer training group, Group B, stair climbing training group and Group C control group. Groups A and B were given training in cycle ergometer and stair climbing respectively whereas the control group C was not given any structured training. Cycle ergometer training consists of cycling a bicycle ergometer while stair climbing training consists of climbing up and down a staircase. The control group received usual physiotherapy which groups A and B also received. Training took place three times in a week for twelve weeks with intensity of 55% of maximum heart rate at the beginning of the training which was progressed to 70% of maximum heart rate towards the end of the training. Cycling and climbing stairs lasted for 30 minutes during a training session. All the subjects were tested for energy cost, walking speed and muscular endurance before starting the training, and 4, 8 and 12 weeks during the periods of training. The data thus collected were statistically analyzed using ttest statistics to compare the effects of the training in cycle ergometer and stair climbing. The results of the study showed that there were significant differences in energy cost and walking speed of stroke patients between cycle ergometer and stair climbing training groups. However, there was no significant difference in muscular endurance between cycle ergometer and stair climbing training groups. It was concluded that cycle ergometer training was better than stair climbing training although both of them provided good improvement in energy cost, walking speed and muscular endurance of stroke patients. The use of cycle ergometer and stair climbing to improve energy cost, walking speed and muscular endurance of stroke patients should be emphasized by exercise scientists.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6093
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectCYCLE ERGOMETERen_US
dc.subjectSTAIR CLIMBINGen_US
dc.subjectTRAININGen_US
dc.subjectENERGY COSTen_US
dc.subjectWALKING SPEEDen_US
dc.subjectMUSCULAR ENDURANCEen_US
dc.subjectSTROKE PATIENTSen_US
dc.subjectHOSPITALen_US
dc.titleCOMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF CYCLE ERGOMETER AND STAIR CLIMBING TRAINING ON ENERGY COST, WALKING SPEED AND MUSCULAR ENDURANCE OF STROKE PATIENTS AT AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, ZARIA, NIGERIA.en_US
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