Loughborough University, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom.
J Rehabil Med. 2010 Feb;42(2):141-9. doi: 10.2340/16501977-0490.
To examine wheelchair athletes' perceptions of wheelchair configuration in relation to aspects of mobility performance.
Nine elite wheelchair athletes from wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair tennis were interviewed using a semi-structured format. Interview transcripts were analysed using an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, whereby emergent themes with common connections were identified and clustered into 3 superordinate themes: (i) performance indicators; (ii) principal areas of wheelchair configuration; and (iii) supplementary areas of wheelchair configuration.
Participants revealed that stability was the most important contributor towards successful performance. Whilst there was some agreement amongst participants on how manipulating most areas of wheelchair configuration influenced performance, opinions were divided as to whether camber had a positive or negative effect on straight line performance.
Experienced athletes seemed to display a good understanding of how modifying wheelchair configurations can affect sports performance, yet the methods offered for identifying optimal settings were extremely subjective. Therefore, future quantitative research into specific areas of configuration is imperative to identify these optimums and to inform athletes about the decisions they make when configuring a new sports wheelchair.
研究轮椅运动员对轮椅配置与移动性能方面的看法。
采用半结构式访谈形式，对 9 名来自轮椅篮球、轮椅橄榄球和轮椅网球的精英轮椅运动员进行了访谈。使用解释现象学分析方法对访谈记录进行分析，确定具有共同联系的新兴主题，并将其聚类为 3 个超主题：（i）性能指标；（ii）轮椅配置的主要领域；和（iii）轮椅配置的补充领域。
参与者揭示了稳定性是成功表现的最重要贡献因素。虽然参与者对于如何操纵轮椅配置的大多数领域来影响性能有一些共识，但对于轮胎弧度对直线性能的影响是积极的还是消极的看法存在分歧。
经验丰富的运动员似乎对如何修改轮椅配置以影响运动表现有很好的理解，但确定最佳设置的方法非常主观。因此，未来对配置特定领域的定量研究至关重要，以确定这些最佳点，并告知运动员在配置新的运动轮椅时的决策。
