Constraints influencing sports wheelchair propulsion performance and injury risk

Emily Churton; Justin W L Keogh

doi:10.1186/2052-1847-5-3

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Constraints influencing sports wheelchair propulsion performance and injury risk

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Constraints influencing sports wheelchair propulsion performance and injury risk

Emily Churton and Justin W L Keogh

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol.5, 3

2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/2052-1847-5-3

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Abstract

adapted physical activity

biomechanics

constraints-led approach

dynamical systems theory

paralympic sport

The Paralympic Games are the pinnacle of sport for many athletes with a disability. A potential issue for many wheelchair athletes is how to train hard to maximise performance while also reducing the risk of injuries, particularly to the shoulder due to the accumulation of stress placed on this joint during activities of daily living, training and competition. The overall purpose of this narrative review was to use the constraints-led approach of dynamical systems theory to examine how various constraints acting upon the wheelchair-user interface may alter hand rim wheelchair performance during sporting activities, and to a lesser extent, their injury risk. As we found no studies involving Paralympic athletes that have directly utilised the dynamical systems approach to interpret their data, we have used this approach to select some potential constraints and discussed how they may alter wheelchair performance and/or injury risk. Organism constraints examined included player classifications, wheelchair setup, training and intrinsic injury risk factors. Task constraints examined the influence of velocity and types of locomotion (court sports vs racing) in wheelchair propulsion, while environmental constraints focused on forces that tend to oppose motion such as friction and surface inclination. Finally, the ecological validity of the research studies assessing wheelchair propulsion was critiqued prior to recommendations for practice and future research being given.

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Title: Constraints influencing sports wheelchair propulsion performance and injury risk
Authors: Emily Churton (Author) - Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Justin W L Keogh (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Publication details: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol.5, 3; 10
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd.
Date published: 2013
DOI: 10.1186/2052-1847-5-3
ISSN: 2052-1847
Copyright note: Copyright © 2013 Churton and Keogh; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. "This published version is reproduced in accordance with this policy"
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99448863502621
Output Type: Journal article

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