Research summary · Para sport
Individualised force–velocity testing in wheelchair sport
Twenty-seven wheelchair athletes, including 16 rugby and 11 basketball players, completed six 10-second ergometer sprints with progressively individualised resistance to characterise force–velocity and power–velocity relationships.
- Publication year
- 2026
- First published online
- Publication type
- Laboratory protocol-development study
- Journal
- European Journal of Sport Science
- Population / context
- Wheelchair rugby and wheelchair basketball
What the publication reports
Models based on mean push values were more stable than those using peak values. Peak mean power occurred at different resistance stages for the two sports, supporting individualised assessment rather than a single common test load.
Limits and interpretation
This was a laboratory assessment, not a training intervention. It does not demonstrate improved match performance, and the small two-sport sample and ergometer conditions limit generalisation to other impairments, classifications or court settings.
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Optimising Wheelchair Sprint Power Output Through Standardised and Individualised Force-Velocity Profiling
Original publication / indexed recordPMID: 42742340DOI: 10.1002/ejsc.70252Full text at the sourceReader discussion
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