Abstract
With the increasing rise of professionalism in sport, teams and coaches are looking to technology to monitor performance in both games and training to find a competitive advantage. Wheelchair court sports (wheelchair rugby, wheelchair tennis, and wheelchair basketball) are no exception, and the use of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based inertial measurement unit (IMU) within this domain is one innovation researchers have employed to monitor aspects of performance. A systematic literature review was conducted which, after the exclusion criteria was applied, comprised of 16 records. These records highlighted the efficacy of IMUs in terms of device validity and accuracy. IMUs are ubiquitous, low-cost, and non-invasive. The implementation in terms of algorithms and hardware choices was evidenced as a barrier to widespread adoption. This paper, through the information collected from the systematic review, proposes a set of implementation guidelines for using IMUs for wheelchair data capture. These guidelines, through the use of flow-charts and data tables, will aid researchers in reducing the barriers to IMU implementation for propulsion assessment.
Highlights
It has been suggested that 15% of the world’s population live with a disability and 2.2% of the population are functionally limited to a significant degree [1]
The inclusion criteria required for a manuscript to be accepted are that: it must be a methods-based research article from a scholarly journal, contain the use of inertial sensors, and be applied in a wheelchair sports setting
A clear trend emerged with all papers reporting inertial sensors to assess propulsive elements
Summary
It has been suggested that 15% of the world’s population live with a disability and 2.2% of the population are functionally limited to a significant degree [1]. At elite levels in wheelchair court sports, a steep increase in participation has occurred over the last decade [2]. This is attributed to a large increase in awareness and to advances in modern wheelchair technology [3] and an increased professionalism across wheelchair sports. Winning margins are becoming smaller as performance density increases. Athletes and supporting staff are investing a considerable amount of time and resources to achieve best performance [4] with technological development to aid skill acquisition being one offshoot of this
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