Research summary · Para sport
Battle-rope intervals in wheelchair basketball
A six-week intervention evaluates whether brief battle-rope sprint intervals transfer to wheelchair-basketball endurance, strength, agility and sprint tests.
- Publication year
- 2026
- First published online
- Publication type
- Controlled training intervention
- Journal
- Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
- Population / context
- Wheelchair basketball athletes
What the publication reports
Eighteen wheelchair basketball athletes completed twice-weekly 4 × 15-second battle-rope sprints or maintained usual training. Distance in the 12-minute push test rose in the intervention group, while grip strength, modified agility and 20-m sprint measures did not improve versus control.
Limits and interpretation
The allocation method and group sizes were not detailed in the abstract, the total sample was small and only one outcome improved. Classification mix and short follow-up limit generalization.
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Impact of 6-Week Battle Rope Sprint Interval Training on Endurance and Force Parameters in Wheelchair Basketball Athletes
Original publication / indexed recordPMID: 42480012DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000005619Reader discussion
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