RehabMove 2018: TO TEAM UP OR TO BATTLE; HOW DO WHEELCHAIR COURT SPORTS COMPARE REGARDING WHEELCHAIR MOBILITY PERFORMANCE?
| Main Authors: | Van der Slikke, R.M.A., Berger, M.A.M., Bregman, D.J.J., Veeger, H.E.J. |
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| Format: | Proceeding |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2019
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/2573917 |
Daftar Isi:
- PURPOSE: Given the impairment of the athletes in wheelchair sports, a lot of individual factors need to be taken into account in optimizing performance, but only limited information of wheelchair performance is available. Better insight in the resemblances and differences between sports could pinpoint to what extent performance knowledge across sports could be utilized, or when sport specific knowledge is required. METHODS: To quantify performance across sports, the wheelchair mobility performance monitor (WMPM) was used to measure 29 basketball athletes, 32 rugby athletes and 15 tennis athletes of national and international level during match play. RESULTS: As hypothesized based on sport characteristics, wheelchair basketball athletes show the best wheelchair mobility performance (WMP) outcomes and wheelchair rugby the lowest, whereas wheelchair tennis athletes range in-between for most outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: Based on the well quantified WMP profiles, the WMPM could be used to support in individual performance perfection, but also for optimizing wheelchair design and sport referral in the rehabilitation process. Future research, with large scale data collection could be used to obtain more detailed performance profiles, differentiated by classification, competition level or field position. Furthermore, the WMPM allows for calculation and representation of a wide variety of kinematic outcomes, with tailormade representation.