The interest and competitiveness in sports for persons with disabilities has increased
significantly in the recent years, creating a demand for technological tools supporting …

Recent research in Paralympic biomechanics has offered opportunities for coaches,
athletes, and sports practitioners to optimize training and performance, and recent …

Athlete impairment level is an important factor in wheelchair mobility performance (WMP) in
sports. Classification systems, aimed to compensate impairment level effects on …

Behavioral aspects of organized sports activity for pediatric athletes are considered in a
world consumed with winning at all costs. In the first part of this treatise, we deal with a …

The number of wheelchair tennis players is rising internationally, yet from a scientific
perspective little is known about wheelchair tennis performance. Wheelchair tennis is more …

The practice of the wheelchair rugby is becoming more and more worldwide. However, few
biomechanical studies have focused on this sport. The aim of this study was to compare …

Prediction of propulsion kinematics and performance in wheelchair sports has the potential
to improve capabilities of individual wheelchair prescription while minimizing testing …

Purpose This article presents a novel case study that analyzes the applicability of DoE in the
curling sport in order to improve their own performance and the performance of its athletes …

Wheelchair tennis became part of the Paralympic games in 1992 and is an excellent
example of the natural inclusion of a disability sport into a main sports event. Wheelchair …

Purpose: To confirm whether peak aerobic capacity determined during laboratory testing
could be replicated during an on-court field-based test in wheelchair rugby players …