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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development Année : 1994

Balance and stabilization capability of paraplegic wheelchair athletes

Pierre Louis Bernard
Jean Paul Micallef
  • Fonction : Auteur
Claude Hertogh
  • Fonction : Auteur
Pierre Rabischong
  • Fonction : Auteur

Résumé

The orientation of paraplegic athletes toward adapted sport activities requires good knowledge of their functional characteristics. Wheelchair locomotion, especially for highly dynamic situations, poses the problem of trunk equilibrium. _c,_1ent and heal sabilization. The study aimed at desiguin g a quantitative method to assess the ability of paraplegics to obtain trunk b .t ;nder dynamic stresses, and to analyze the various balanc. strategies. according to the spinal lesion level of the subjects. High (HPA) and low (LPA) paraplegic athletes were subjected to four series of antero-posterior stresses of increasing intensity, generated by an oscillating platform. By means of a computerized video-based movement analyzer, acceleration in the saggittal plane was measured at four different spinal levels and, for each one, a damping factor was determined. This factor, computed at the head level, appeared to be representative of the subjects' ability to maintain balance. We attempted to differentiate balance strategies in the LPA and HPA groups through analysis of the relative contributions to damping of the thoracic and cervical spinal segments. The first results show an increasing tendency of neck reflex stiffening according to the neurological level.
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hal-03471581 , version 1 (16-12-2021)

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  • HAL Id : hal-03471581 , version 1
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Pierre Louis Bernard, Edouard Peruchon, Jean Paul Micallef, Claude Hertogh, Pierre Rabischong. Balance and stabilization capability of paraplegic wheelchair athletes. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 1994, 31 (4), pp.287-296. ⟨hal-03471581⟩
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