Stakeholders ’ Consensus to Guide the Minimum Impairment Criteria in Wheelchair Basketball
This study
indicated where stakeholder consensus existed and noted that consensus was
developed for impaired muscle power, impaired passive range of motion, leg
length difference, hypertonia and ataxia. No consensus was found for limb
deficiency and athetosis. Participants raised concerns with using subjective
measurement scales for assessing certain impairments, whilst also calling for
more quantitative research to be conducted into the level of impairment that
should constitute the minimum impairment criteria. For these research findings
to form practical minimum impairment criteria that are part of a wheelchair
basketball classification system, it is required to examine their feasibility by
conducting further research. [...] Georg Thieme Verlag Rüdigerstraße 14, 70469 Stuttgart,
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Source: International Journal of Sports Medicine - Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Hutchinson, Michael Mason, Barry Goosey-Tolfrey, Victoria Tags: Training & Testing Source Type: research