• Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Oct 2013

    Comparison of muscle and skin perfusion over the ischial tuberosities in response to wheelchair tilt-in-space and recline angles in people with spinal cord injury.

    • Yih-Kuen Jan, Barbara A Crane, Fuyuan Liao, Jeffrey A Woods, and William J Ennis.
    • Rehabilitation Research Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL. Electronic address: yjan@illinois.edu.
    • Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2013 Oct 1; 94 (10): 1990-6.

    ObjectiveTo compare the efficacy of wheelchair tilt-in-space and recline on enhancing muscle and skin perfusion over the ischial tuberosities in people with spinal cord injury (SCI).DesignRepeated-measures and before-after trial design.SettingUniversity research laboratory.ParticipantsPower wheelchair users with SCI (N=20).InterventionsSix combinations of wheelchair tilt-in-space and recline angles were presented to participants in a random order. The testing protocol consisted of a baseline 5 minutes sitting with no tilt/recline and 5 minutes positioned in a tilted and reclined position at each of 6 conditions, including: (1) 15° tilt-in-space and 100° recline, (2) 25° tilt-in-space and 100° recline, (3) 35° tilt-in-space and 100° recline, (4) 15° tilt-in-space and 120° recline, (5) 25° tilt-in-space and 120° recline, and (6) 35° tilt-in-space and 120° recline.Main Outcome MeasuresMuscle and skin perfusion were assessed by near-infrared spectroscopy and laser Doppler flowmetry, respectively.ResultsMuscle perfusion was significantly increased at 25° and 35° tilt-in-space when combined with 120° recline, and skin perfusion was significantly increased at 3 tilt-in-space angles (15°, 25°, 35°) when combined with 120° recline and at 35° tilt-in-space when combined with 100° recline (P<.05). Even in the positions of increased muscle perfusion and skin perfusion (25° and 35° of tilt-in-space combined with 120° of recline), the amount of muscle perfusion change was significantly lower than the amount of skin perfusion change (P<.05).ConclusionsOur results indicate that a larger angle of tilt-in-space and recline is needed to improve muscle perfusion compared with skin perfusion. A position of 25° tilt-in-space combined with 120° recline is effective in enhancing muscle and skin perfusion of weight-bearing soft tissues at the ischial tuberosities.Copyright © 2013 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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