The effects of rear-wheel camber on the mechanical parameters produced during the wheelchair sprinting of handibasketball athletes

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 41, Issue 3 B, 2004, Pages 421-428

  Faupin, Arnaud ^b   Campillo, Philippe ^a   Weissland, Thierry ^b   Gorce, Philippe ^b   Thevenon, André ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Basketball; Biomechanics; Camber; Propulsion; Wheelchair ergometer

Indexed keywords

EXERCISE EQUIPMENT; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROPULSION; WHEELCHAIRS;

KINEMATIC PARAMETERS; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; PROPULSION CYCLE;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASKETBALL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGOMETER; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 4644276885     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2003.04.0050     Document Type: Article

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