Discus throwing performances and medical classification of wheelchair athletes

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1272-1279

  Chow, John W ^a   Mindock, Laura A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletics; Biomechanics; Disability; Kinematics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; HUMAN; KINESIOLOGY; MALE; PERFORMANCE; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHEELCHAIR;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRACK AND FIELD; VIDEO RECORDING; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0032879963     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199909000-00007     Document Type: Article

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