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Anthropometry of Thai Wheelchair Basketball Athletes

2021
Wheelchair basketball is a popular sport for people with disabilities. Movement skills during competition require a suitable grip and wheelchair sizing. An inappropriate handgrip and wheelchair sizing may hinder performance. This research collected anthropometric data of Thai wheelchair basketball athletes.
Aris Kanjanasilanont, Raul Calderon, Pailin Puagprakong   +2 more
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Biomechanics and Energetics of Basketball Wheelchairs Evolution

International Journal of Sports Medicine, 2005
The aim of this study was to investigate metabolic demand and mechanical work of different basketball wheelchairs that represented significant stages of its evolution from 1960 to date. Four subjects pushed each model on a basketball court at different speeds (from 0.90 to 2.35 m.s(-1)). During the trials, oxygen consumption was measured.
ARDIGO', Luca Paolo, GOOSEY TOLFREY V. L., MINETTI A. E.   +2 more
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Dynamics of wheelchair basketball

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 1992
A sport model wheelchair instrumented with a portable computer and a switch activated with each half revolution of a rear wheel was used to record serial time and distance data on two subjects (1 male, 1 female) during a portion of a basketball game. These and two additional subjects (1 male, 1 female) also completed a series of coast down and maximal ...
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A Comparison of the Physiological Demands of Wheelchair Basketball and Wheelchair Tennis

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 2010
Purpose:To examine the physiological profiles of wheelchair basketball and tennis and specifically to: (a) identify if there are differences in the physiological profiles of wheelchair basketball and tennis players of a similar playing standard, (b) to determine whether the competitive physiological demands of these sports differed (c) and to explore ...
Louise, Croft, Suzanne, Dybrus, John, Lenton, Victoria, Goosey-Tolfrey   +3 more
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Training Visual Control in Wheelchair Basketball Shooting

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2012
We examined the effects of visual control training on expert wheelchair basketball shooting, a skill more difficult than in regular basketball, as players shoot from a seated position to the same rim height. The training consisted of shooting with a visual constraint that forced participants to use target information as late as possible.
Oudejans, R.R.D., Heubers, S., Ruitenbeek, J-R.J.A.C., Janssen, T.W.J.   +3 more
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Reverse Integration in Wheelchair Basketball

Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 2016
Wheelchair basketball is one of the most popular sport activities among persons with disabilities. The current study focuses on “reverse integration” (RI) groups of athletes with and without disabilities playing wheelchair basketball in Israel. A qualitative analysis approach was chosen to examine whether the able-bodied participants in RI wheelchair ...
Yeshayahu Hutzler, Rachel Barda, Ahuva Mintz, Tali Hayosh   +3 more
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Engaging with wheelchair basketball: analyzing viewer attitudes and actions toward ‘the rebound: a wheelchair basketball documentary’

Sport in Society, 2020
Film can be used as an educational tool in a number of ways, including being utilized to educate about disability and disability sport.
Cathy McKay, Joshua Pate, Timothy Mirabito, Emeka Anaza   +3 more
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Proportionality in Wheelchair Basketball Classification

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 2003
The player classification system in wheelchair basketball (composed of four classes) is based on an analysis of players’ functional resources through game observation and field-testing. This study examines if the classes are in the correct proportion relative to each other.
Yves C. Vanlandewijck, Christina Evaggelinou, Daniel D. Daly, Siska Van Houtte, Joeri Verellen, Vanessa Aspeslagh, Robby Hendrickx, Tine Piessens, Bjorn Zwakhoven   +8 more
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Training and development of Canadian wheelchair basketball players

European Journal of Sport Science, 2017
AbstractConsidering the growth in research, examining the development of mainstream sport athletes over the past two decades, studies examining development of athletes with disabilities have been surprisingly limited. While similarities in developmental trajectories between the two cohorts may exist regarding factors such as the value of practice ...
N. Dehghansai, S. Lemez, N. Wattie, J. Baker   +3 more
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Echocardiographic evaluation of wheelchair‐bound basketball players

Pediatrics International, 2003
AbstractBackground: Cardiopulmonary function in sedentary men whose lower limbs have been immobilized for years has been shown to be markedly lower than normal. However, the cardiopulmonary function of paraplegics who regularly activate their upper limps and trunk has been suggested to be almost normal in a few studies. The purpose of the present study
Tevfik, Karagoz, Sema, Ozer, Volga, Bayrakci, Nevin, Ergun   +3 more
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