Biomechanics

Ian Rice; Florentina J. Hettinga; Justin Laferrier; Michelle L. Sporner; Christine M. Heiner; Brendan Burkett; Rory A. Cooper

doi:10.1002/9781444328356.ch2

Biomechanics

Ian Rice, Florentina J. Hettinga, Justin Laferrier, Michelle L. Sporner, Christine M. Heiner, Brendan Burkett, Rory A. Cooper

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Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Paralympic Athlete
Subtitle of host publication	Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Pages	31-50
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	9781444334043
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444328356.ch2
State	Published - Dec 6 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Handcycling, added as an official event-in the Paralympics in 2004
Human performance modeling, or humans engaged in a goal-directed behavior-a designed task within a specific environment
Individuals with lower-limb loss, competing at high levels in Paralympic running events with prosthetic devices
Paralympic Sport Science-biomechanics
Power balance model (PBM) and cyclic concept of propulsion-and study of wheelchair athletics for improving performance
Racing wheelchairs, designed and customized-to anatomical features and functional capabilities of each user
Sport biomechanics-the amputee with their prosthesis
Sports biomechanics and the Paralympic amputee
Wheelchair athlete and wheelchair, being inseparable-wheelchair-athlete interface, dictated by a number of parameters
Wheelchair-user interface-user's goals and abilities, in aligning critical chair dimensions to athlete's anthropometrics

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General Medicine

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