Wheelchair Rugby chair configurations: an individual, Robust design approach

Wearable Wheelchair Mobility Performance Measurement in Basketball, Rugby, and Tennis: Lessons for Classification and Training

“…Regarding training, both forward motions, as well as maneuverability exercises should be incorporated at high intensity (relative to WT and WR), where (rotational) acceleration seems of more importance than achieving maximal speeds. Regarding wheelchair configuration, weight and weight distribution should be optimized for acceleration and agility [ 7 , 18 ], within the restrictions of a contact sport. In wheelchair tennis, WMP does not seem to be the most critical factor in game performance, since WMP levels show lower than the even more impaired peers in wheelchair basketball.…”

“…Wheelchair mobility performance closely relates to the athlete–wheelchair interaction, covering two of the main components in wheeled sports (athlete and wheelchair) [ 6 , 7 , 8 ]. By measuring across sports, also the third performance component (sport) is addressed, providing insight in the resemblances and differences across sports.…”

Wearable Sensors in Sports for Persons with Disability: A Systematic Review

“…As regards quality assessment results, 28 papers had a quality score between 0.81 and 1 [ 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 ], 10 papers were between 0.61 and 0.8 [ 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 ] and only one paper was below 0.6 [ 74 ]. Overall, the checklist items that reported the lower levels of scoring (e.g., partial or no score) were those concerning (a) the adequacy of sample size (16 papers), (b) the description/appropriateness of the strategy of subject/comparison group selection (10 papers).…”

“…A large variety of sports were investigated, including team sports, cyclic sports and other sports ( Table 2 ). The most common were wheelchair sports, with studies on wheelchair basketball [ 41 , 42 , 49 , 64 , 71 , 73 ], rugby [ 36 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 51 , 66 ], racing [ 40 , 47 , 53 , 54 , 67 ], tennis [ 50 , 63 ] and curling [ 48 ] covering almost 50% of the analyzed papers. The other half included cyclic sports (running [ 60 , 61 , 62 , 72 ], handcycling [ 57 , 58 , 59 , 70 ], swimming [ 37 , 38 , 39 ], cycling [ 52 , 65 ], rowing [ 46 ]) and other sports (weightlifting [ 69 ], boccia [ 55 ], cross-country sit-skiing [ 56 , 68 ] and downhill skiing [ 74 ]).…”

“…The experimental setting was in the laboratory in 13 studies [ 40 , 46 , 47 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 68 , 70 , 71 ], while in 23 studies testing was performed in the field [ 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 69 , 72 , 73 , 74 ]. Both laboratory and in-field setting were observed in one study comparing cross-country sit-skiing performance in the laboratory and in a skiing tunnel [ 56 ], whereas information about the setting was not clearly retrievable from two studies [ 48 , 67 ].…”