Power output and energy cost: crucial measures to understand motor skill learning in handrim wheelchair propulsion
BACKGROUND: This current opinion is a call for standardization of measurements of manual wheeling ability among larger and diverse populations to support our understanding of motor control and learning.
VIEW OF THE PAST: Handrim wheelchair propulsion remains the most common mode of wheeled ambulation and has stood the test of time as a practical upper-body alternative to walking.
CURRENT STATE: Two theoretical models appeared useful in understanding the demands on the wheelchair-user combination and the role of motor skill acquisition: Power Balance Model and Constraint-based Approach.
FUTURE PERSPECTIVE: Power output and energy cost measures are crucial mediators in the development of a motor control theory of cyclic motions in rehabilitation, adapted sports and beyond.
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Published in
Brazilian Journal of Motor BehaviorVolume
16Issue
2Pages
94 - 97Publisher
Sociedade Brasileira de Comportamento MotorVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
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© The AuthorsPublisher statement
This is an Open Access Article. It is published by Sociedade Brasileira de Comportamento Motor under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Acceptance date
2021-11-26Publication date
2022-06-01Copyright date
2022eISSN
2446-4902Publisher version
Language
- en
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Prof Vicky Tolfrey. Deposit date: 22 December 2021Usage metrics
