Quantification of activity during wheelchair basketball and rugby at the National Veterans Wheelchair Games: A pilot study

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 210-217

  Sporner, Michelle L ^a,b   Grindle, Garrett G ^a,b   Kelleher, Annmarie ^a,b   Teodorski, Emily E ^a,b   Cooper, Rosemarie ^a,b   Cooper, Rory A ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Basketball; Data logging; Rugby; Veterans; Wheelchairs and seating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASKETBALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETITION; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RUGBY; TIME; TRAINING; VELOCITY; WHEELCHAIR SPORT; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE; FOOTBALL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; BASKETBALL; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PILOT PROJECTS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 70350444988     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03093640903051816     Document Type: Article

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