Abstract
Are tetraplegic handbikers going to disappear from team relay in para-cycling?
Highlights
Since 2007, the International Cycling Union (UCI) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) organize the most prestigious competitions bound for the athletes with locomotor and sensorial impairments: the Paracycling World Championships, the Paracycling World Cup and the Paralympic Games
Based on the time trial performance (TT) realized during the last Paralympic games, our chronometric analysis showed, a decrease in TT according to athlete scoring value and so athlete’s impairment (Table 1)
Bernard et al (2004) reported an influence of the anatomical level of spinal lesion on shoulder strength and wheelchair propulsion: lesser was the anatomical site of spinal injury, higher were the values of peak torque and mean power of external rotators
Summary
Since 2007, the International Cycling Union (UCI) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) organize the most prestigious competitions bound for the athletes with locomotor and sensorial impairments: the Paracycling World Championships, the Paracycling World Cup and the Paralympic Games (http://www.uci.ch/Modules/ BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=andObj TypeCode=FILEandtype=FILEandid=Mz IyNjAandLangId=1, p 3). Based on the anatomic level of spinal cord injury and associated functional limitations (or similar), hand-cycling category contains four classes (H1, H2, H3, and H4) from the most (H1: impaired sympathetic nerve system) to the less (H4: arm cranking ability in kneeling position) limited ability
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