Effects of seat height, wheelchair mass and additional grip on a field-based wheelchair basketball mobility performance test

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of seat height, wheelchair mass and grip on mobility performance among wheelchair basketball players and to investigate whether these effects differ between classification levels. METHODS: Elite wheelchair basketball players with a low (n= 11, class 1 or 1.5) or high (n= 10,...

Immobilization of nanocarriers within a porous chitosan scaffold for the sustained delivery of growth factors in bone tissue engineering applications

To guide the natural bone regeneration process, bone tissue engineering strategies rely on the development of a scaffold architecture that mimics the extracellular matrix and incorporates important extracellular signaling molecules, which promote fracture healing and bone formation pathways. Incorporation of growth factors into particles...

Wheelchair mobility performance enhancement by changing wheelchair properties: What Is the effect of grip, seat height, and mass?

Purpose: To provide insight on the effect of wheelchair settings on wheelchair mobility performance (WMP). Methods: Twenty elite wheelchair basketball athletes of low (n = 10) and high classification (n = 10) were tested in a wheelchair-basketball-directed field test. Athletes performed the test in their own wheelchairs, which were modified for...

Bone tissue engineering via growth factor delivery: from scaffolds to complex matrices

In recent years, bone tissue engineering has emerged as a promising solution to the limitations of current gold standard treatment options for bone related-disorders such as bone grafts. Bone tissue engineering provides a scaffold design that mimics the extracellular matrix, providing an architecture that guides the natural bone regeneration...

Improving mobility performance in wheelchair basketball

Objectiev:<br/>This study aimed to investigate which characteristics of athlete, wheelchair and athlete-wheelchair interface are the best predictors of wheelchair basketball mobility performance.<br/><br/>Design:<br/>Sixty experienced wheelchair basketball players performed a wheelchair mobility performance test to assess their mobility...

Effects of offense, defense, and ball possession on mobility performance in wheelchair basketball

The aim of this study was to determine to what extent mobility performance is influenced by offensive or defensive situations and ball possession and to what extent these actions are different for the field positions. From video analysis, the relative duration of the various wheelchair movements during team offense/defense and individual ball...

Fibre Reinforced Polymer

This "designers' manual" is made during the TIDO-course AR0533 Innovation & Sustainability. Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRPs) are material combinations with the advantageous strength properties of the fibres and binding forces of the polymers. The main properties and design principles of FRPs will be explained in this handbook, focusing on the...

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