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T1 Multi-joint isometric measurement for the evidence-based assessment of upper limb strength impairment in wheelchair athletes with different health conditions: a preliminary study
A1 Domínguez-Díez, Marta
A1 Raya-González, Javier
A1 Elvira, Jose
A1 Reina, Raul
K1 Physical performance
K1 Paralympic sport
K1 Health and fitness
K1 Strength training
K1 Performance
K1 Deporte adaptado
K1 Paralympic Classification
K1 Physical impairment
K1 Wheelchair sports
K1 Force
AB The present study presents a novel specific multi-joint isometric test to assess upper limb strengthimpairment for evidence-based classification in wheelchair sports. Sixteen wheelchair athletes participated in this study and were classified according to their type of physical impairment and health condition as follows: athletes with neurological impairment (ANI, n = 5) and athletes with impaired muscle power (IMP, n = 11). In addition, six non-disabled participants formed a control group (CG, n = 6). All the participants performed the isometric propulsion strength test (IPST), evaluating pushing and pulling actions, and two wheelchair performance tests. Excellent relative intra-session reliability scores were obtained for strength values for the ANI, IMP and CG groups (0.90 < ICC < 0.99) and absolute reproducibility showed acceptable scores of SEM (< 9.52%) for IPST pushing action. The ANI had significantly lower scores in strength and wheelchair performance than the IMP and the CG, while no differences were found between the IMP and the non-disabled participants.In addition, no correlations were found for wheelchair athletes between the isometric upper limb strength measure and wheelchair performance. Our findings suggest that the IPST is a valid test for strength measurement in upper limb impairment wheelchair athletes with different health conditions, which must be used in combination with a performance test to obtain a holistic assessment of this population.
PB Termedia Publishing
SN 0860-021X
YR 2023
FD 2023-11
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/81639
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/81639
LA eng
NO Biology of Sport, Noviembre 2023, vol. 40, n. 3, p. 723-730.
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 16-ene-2026