Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction: sports for athletes with lower-limb disabilities
Wheelchair–user interface
Wheelchair propulsion biomechanics
Wheelchair sports
Sports biomechanics and the Paralympic amputee
References
Recommended readings
Amputee athletics
Introduction: sports for athletes with lower-limb disabilities
Wheelchair–user interface
Wheelchair propulsion biomechanics
Wheelchair sports
Sports biomechanics and the Paralympic amputee
References
Recommended readings
Amputee athletics
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Paralympic Athlete |
Subtitle of host publication | Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science |
Publisher | Blackwell Publishing |
Pages | 31-50 |
Number of pages | 20 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781444328356 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781444334043 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 21 Jan 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Handcycling, added as an official event-in the Paralympics in 2004
- Human performance modeling, or humans engaged in a goal-directed behavior-a designed task within a specific environment
- Individuals with lower-limb loss, competing at high levels in Paralympic running events with prosthetic devices
- Paralympic Sport Science-biomechanics
- Power balance model (PBM) and cyclic concept of propulsion-and study of wheelchair athletics for improving performance
- Racing wheelchairs, designed and customized-to anatomical features and functional capabilities of each user
- Sport biomechanics-the amputee with their prosthesis
- Sports biomechanics and the Paralympic amputee
- Wheelchair athlete and wheelchair, being inseparable-wheelchair-athlete interface, dictated by a number of parameters
- Wheelchair-user interface-user's goals and abilities, in aligning critical chair dimensions to athlete's anthropometrics