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Speed profiles in wheelchair court sports; comparison of two methods for measuring wheelchair mobility performance
journal contribution
posted on 2017-11-13, 10:07 authored by Rienk van der Slikke, Barry Mason, Monique Berger, Vicky Goosey-TolfreyVicky Goosey-TolfreyWheelchair mobility performance is an important aspect in most wheelchair court sports, commonly measured with an indoor tracking system or wheelchair bound inertial sensors. Both methods provide key wheelchair mobility performance outcomes regarding speed. In this study, we compared speed profiles of both methods to gain insight into the level of agreement, for recommendations regarding future performance measurement.
Data were obtained from 5 male highly trained wheelchair basketball players during match play. Players were equipped simultaneously with a tag on the footplate for the indoor tracking system (~8 Hz) and inertial sensors on both wheels and frame (199.8 Hz). Being part of a larger study on 3 vs 3 player game formats, data were collected in several matches with varying field sizes, but activity profiles closely resembled regular match play. Both systems provide similar outcomes regarding distance covered and average speed. Due to differences in sampling frequency and sensor location (reference point) on the wheelchair (for speed calculation), minor differences were revealed at low speeds (<2.5 m/s). Since both systems provide complementary features, a hybrid solution as proved feasible in this study, could possibly serve as the new gold standard for mobility performance measurement in wheelchair basketball or wheelchair court sports in general.
Funding
This research was funded by Loughborough University’s Enterprise Projects Group and the Peter Harrison Foundation.
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Published in
Journal of BiomechanicsCitation
VAN DER SLIKKE, R.M.A. ...et al., 2017. Speed profiles in wheelchair court sports; comparison of two methods for measuring wheelchair mobility performance. Journal of Biomechanics, 65, pp. 221-225.Publisher
© ElsevierVersion
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Acceptance date
2017-10-30Publication date
2017Notes
This paper was published in the journal Journal of Biomechanics and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2017.10.040.ISSN
0021-9290Publisher version
Language
- en