Kinetic factors determining wheelchair propulsion in marathon racers with paraplegia
| Autor: | K Monji, Hiroyuki Okawa, F. Tajima, Takamitsu Kawazu, K Makino, Hajime Ogata, Takashi Mizushima |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Angular velocity Kinematics Propulsion Wheelchair propulsion Cycle time Wheelchair medicine Humans Paraplegia Anthropometry business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Trunk Wheelchairs Neurology Exercise Test Physical Endurance Physical therapy Neurology (clinical) business human activities Sports |
| Zdroj: | Spinal Cord. 37:542-547 |
| ISSN: | 1476-5624 1362-4393 |
| Popis: | Objective: To assess the different factors that determine the propulsion of wheelchair in long distance racers with spinal cord injuries. Design and methods: Nine highly handicapped men who competed at the Oita International Wheelchair Marathon in 1995, participated in this study. Subjects performed steady and exhaustive wheelchair propulsion at their optimal speed on wheelchair rollers in a laboratory setting during a 5-min period. Movements of the trunk and arms were filmed by a video camera then analyzed kinetically using a two-dimensional analysis system. In order to determine the actual pushing time and angle of wheelchair, we measured the duration between hand contact and hand release from handrim. Setting: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan. Results: The push time, cycle time, total push time, and angular velocity did not relate with the race time or wheelchair velocity. However, the total push angle correlated significantly (P |
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