Balance Testing in Wheelchair Athletes

2021 ◽  
pp. 85-97
Author(s):  
Lindsay Bradley ◽  
Karla Kay Francioni ◽  
Michelle Lanouette
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Luiz Vancini ◽  
Andressa Amato Gomes ◽  
Hudson de Paula-Oliveira ◽  
Claudio de Lira ◽  
Weverton Rufo-Tavares ◽  
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1994 ◽  
Vol 26 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. S111
Author(s):  
D. Riebe ◽  
CM. Maresh ◽  
L. E. Armstrong ◽  
R. W. Kencfick ◽  
J. W. Castellani ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Andreia Bauermann ◽  
Karina S.G. de Sá ◽  
Zilda A. Santos ◽  
Anselmo A. Costa e Silva

This systematic review aimed to identify nutritional interventions and supplements that improve the performance for wheelchair athletes. Intervention trials involving high-performance wheelchair athletes were analyzed, including those that comprised a nutritional intervention, defined as any intervention related to food, beverages, and supplementation aiming at evaluating the performance of wheelchair athletes. Of the included studies, four evaluated caffeine supplementation, of which one also evaluated sodium citrate supplementation; two studies evaluated vitamin D supplementation; one study assessed creatine monohydrate supplementation; and one assessed carbohydrate supplementation. Most studies were conducted on athletes with spinal cord injury. Athletes who consumed caffeine exhibited an improvement in performance, but this finding is not strong enough to become a recommendation.


2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 280-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong “Tai” Wang ◽  
Konstantinos Dino Vrongistinos ◽  
Dali Xu

The purposes of this study were to examine the consistency of wheelchair athletes’ upper-limb kinematics in consecutive propulsive cycles and to investigate the relationship between the maximum angular velocities of the upper arm and forearm and the consistency of the upper-limb kinematical pattern. Eleven elite international wheelchair racers propelled their own chairs on a roller while performing maximum speeds during wheelchair propulsion. A Qualisys motion analysis system was used to film the wheelchair propulsive cycles. Six reflective markers placed on the right shoulder, elbow, wrist joints, metacarpal, wheel axis, and wheel were automatically digitized. The deviations in cycle time, upper-arm and forearm angles, and angular velocities among these propulsive cycles were analyzed. The results demonstrated that in the consecutive cycles of wheelchair propulsion the increased maximum angular velocity may lead to increased variability in the upper-limb angular kinematics. It is speculated that this increased variability may be important for the distribution of load on different upper-extremity muscles to avoid the fatigue during wheelchair racing.


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