Authors:
Sérgio Augusto Albino Vieira
;
Cleudmar Amaral de Araújo
and
Silvio Soares dos Santos
Affiliation:
Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil
Keyword(s):
Wheelchair Ergometer, Physical Evaluation, Paralympic Sport, Wingate Protocol.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Applied Physiology and Exercise
;
Health and Fitness
;
Health, Sports Performance and Support Technology
;
Physical Education and Sports for Handicapped
;
Signal Processing and Motor Behavior
;
Sport Science Research and Technology
;
Sports Biomechanics
;
Sports Medicine and Support Technology
;
Training and Testing
Abstract:
According to the literature, there's a lack of methods, procedures and equipments for proper physical assessment. Physical tests applied to persons with disabilities are questionable due to their lack of adaptation to the motor gesture executed in these equipments, which are not the same executed in real wheelchair propulsion. Within this, was designed and built at the Habilitation/Rehabilitation Center in Paralympic Sports/UFU the second version of a wheelchair ergometer prototype that allows physical evaluation, being faithful to the specificity of movements. The equipment has several electronic systems controlled by computer such as electromagnetic resistance system, load cell, torquemeter, dedicated circuits and acquisition system. Preliminary results indicate that the evolution became more practical for the evaluator and comfortable for the user. The addition of flywheels and new calibration method proved its efficiency by improving the signal acquired. New evaluation procedures
for physical capacity look promising.
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