Department of Adapted Physical Activity, Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education, Warsaw, Poland.
Res Q Exerc Sport. 2011 Mar;82(1):61-9. doi: 10.1080/02701367.2011.10599722.
The purpose of the study was to examine the sport-specific performance of wheelchair rugby players with regard to their classification. A group of 30 male athletes from the Polish Wheelchair Rugby League participated in the study. The seven International Wheelchair Rugby Federation classes were collapsed into four groups. Standardized measures of aerobic, anaerobic, and skill performance were examined to identify performance differences among the four groups. Major findings were that most differences were between Group I players and all others and that anaerobic performance was the most sensitive to classification differences. Another important finding was that for all other groups, with one exception, adjacent groups did not differ in anaerobic, aerobic, and sport-specific skill performance. The results of this study demonstrate the need to investigate other performance measures that will help in evaluating the current wheelchair rugby classification system.
本研究旨在考察轮椅橄榄球运动员在其分类方面的专项运动表现。波兰轮椅橄榄球联盟的 30 名男性运动员参加了这项研究。国际轮椅橄榄球联合会的七个级别被分为四组。对有氧、无氧和技能表现的标准化测量进行了检查，以确定这四组之间的表现差异。主要发现是，大多数差异存在于第一组球员和其他所有球员之间，而无氧表现对分类差异最敏感。另一个重要的发现是，除了一个例外，所有其他组在无氧、有氧和专项技能表现方面，相邻组之间没有差异。这项研究的结果表明，需要研究其他性能指标，这将有助于评估当前的轮椅橄榄球分类系统。
