Table 1 Characteristics of the participants

Age (years;months)

13.7 (3.2)

13.5 (3.6)

13.4 (3.3)

Body mass (kg)

52.8 (18.1)

49.7 (19.5)

53.4 (19.3)

Height (cm)

159.1 (19.5)

155.5 (21.4)

158.9 (21.2)

Body Mass Index (kg/m²)

23.9 (6.3)

23.2 (7.4)

24.1 (7.2)

• Normal weight (n)

15

20

11

• Overweight (n)

9

7

6

• Obese (n)

10

9

8

Weight wheelchair (kg)

19.6 (6.7)

19.1 (5.8)

19.5 (5.9)

Heartrate rest (beat per minute)

na

76 (9)

77 (8)

Heartrate peak (beats per minute)

na

189 (15)

189 (13)

Heartrate reserve

na

113 (17)

113 (16)

N

N

N

Gender (boys/girls)

20/14

21/15

15/10

Sports (no/1xweek/2xweek/3xweek)

7/14/9/4

6/17/9/4

5/11/6/3

Type (aperta/occulta)

33/1

33/3

24/1

Level of lesion

• Thoracic

5

6

2

• Lumbar

29

29

23

• Sacral

0

1

0

Ambulation level

• Community ambulatory

2

4

2

• Household ambulatory

3

6

3

• Therapeutic ambulatory

3

2

1

• Non ambulatory

26

24

19