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Expert Users' Perceptions of Racing Wheelchair Design and Setup: The Knowns, Unknowns, and Next Steps.
- Source :
- Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly; Apr2017, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p141-161, 21p, 1 Black and White Photograph, 1 Chart, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- This paper demonstrates how a qualitative methodology can be used to gain novel insights into the demands of wheelchair racing and the impact of particular racing chair configurations on optimal sport performance via engagement with expert users (wheelchair racers, coaches, and manufacturers). We specifically explore how expert users understand how wheels, tires, and bearings impact sport performance and how they engage, implement, or reject evidence-based research pertaining to these components. We identify areas where participants perceive there to be an immediate need for more research especially pertaining to the ability to make individualized recommendations for athletes. The findings from this project speak to the value of a qualitative research design for capturing the embodied knowledge of expert users and also make suggestions for "next step" projects pertaining to wheels, tires, and bearings drawn directly from the comments of participants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ATHLETIC ability
ATHLETIC equipment
COACHES (Athletics)
INTERVIEWING
THEORY of knowledge
RESEARCH methodology
ATHLETES with disabilities
STATISTICAL sampling
SPORTS for people with disabilities
WHEELCHAIR sports
WHEELCHAIRS
QUALITATIVE research
PRODUCT design
THEMATIC analysis
EQUIPMENT maintenance & repair
ELITE athletes
DATA analysis software
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07365829
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 123551712
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1123/apaq.2016-0073