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Evaluating the Biomechanics of the Wheelchair Push: Helping Athletes Perform and Protect in Adaptive Sports
Session Description/Research Abstract
The following session will demonstrate how RTs, coaches and adaptive sport programmers can evaluate the biomechanics of the wheelchair push with simple or more sophisticated methods. The presentation will examine the use of the SmartwheelTM and other visual imaging strategies to evaluate and teach a more efficient and effective push technique. Special emphasis will be made to discuss a better wheelchair push technique to help promote better sport performance and more importantly protect the athlete from injuries resulting from inappropriate push techniques.
Learning Outcomes
1) Participants will verbalize knowledge of three types of possible injuries resulting from adaptive sport push techniques.
2) Participants will verbalize knowledge of 5 outcomes measured by a Smartwheel push evaluation.
3) Participants will verbalize knowledge of how to set up a visual push analysis for the adaptive sport athlete.
4) Participants will verbalize knowledge of how to promote more effective wheelchair push biomechanics.
Population/Setting:
Community
Higher Education
Military/Veterans
Physical Rehabilitation and Medicine
Research
CEUs:
0.1
Primary Presenter
David P. Loy, Ph.D., LRT/CTRS, CARSS, East Carolina University
Credentials
PhD, CTRS, LRT, CARSS
Biographical Information
Dr. Loy has been a teacher and researcher at East Carolina University for more than 20 years. His research agenda has concentrated on adaptive sports and recreation. His passion for adaptive sports stems from his 30 years of coaching/instructing adaptive sports such as wheelchair basketball, quad rugby, and waterskiing.
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