@article{ref1,
title="Wheeled mobility skills of wheelchair basketball players: a randomized controlled study",
journal="Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology",
year="2016",
author="Saltan, Asuman and Bakar, Yeşim and Ankarali, Handan",
volume="12",
number="4",
pages="390-395",
abstract="PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to assess the influence of wheelchair basketball sport on the functional abilities of wheelchair users. <br><br>METHOD: This is a randomized controlled study. Wheelchair basketball players (n = 111) and non-player (n = 85) were included in this study. We administered the questionnaire version of the wheelchair skills test questionnaire (WST_Q), recording the participants' capacity and performance scores on each of 32 skills. <br><br>RESULTS: Player group have the baseline values of WST_Q higher than control group. The mean total percentage score of player group was significantly greater than control group (p < 0.05). The get over 15 cm level (respectively, rations of capacity and performance of groups: player/control: 50.5-20% and 54.1-24.7%) and the ascends 10° incline (player/control 96.4-48.2% and 98.2-54.1%). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Participation in regular wheelchair basketball sport may preserve and augment functional abilities in with wheelchair user Implications for rehabilitation The skills-sports relationship is reciprocal. With increased wheelchair skills, people may be more inclined to engage in sports; subsequently, with greater sports, wheelchair skills could improve. Wheelchair mobility skills during clinical rehabilitation should reflect the daily activities and needs of each wheelchair user. WST-Q provides advantages in terms of requiring less time and material in using of clinical.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1748-3107",
doi="10.1080/17483107.2016.1177857",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2016.1177857"
}