Development of a propelling form training system for wheelchair competitors

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350809
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: The Hyogo Institute of Assistive Technology
• Principal Investigator: AKAZAWA Yasushi 兵庫県立福祉のまちづくり研究所, その他部局等, 主任研究員 (90426544)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): HARA Yoshiaki 兵庫県立福祉のまちづくり研究所, 研究員 (00426545)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 障害者スポーツ / 競技用車椅子 / ローラー台 / 駆動パワー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It is important for wheelchair marathon competitors to improve their competitiveness based on quantitative evaluation of individual propelling performance. The purpose of this research is to develop an equipment for efficiently practicing at arbitrary speeds and an equipment which can evaluate propelling power of wheelchair athletes. In this study, we developed a wheelchair training roller machine incorporating an electric motor, and confirmed the effectiveness as practice equipment with two trial users. Also, we developed a wheelchair trainer with two rollers with that the work done in each stroke can be estimated from the angular velocity of the rollers. It is considered that lateralities of the estimated work might be effective to evaluate competitive performances.

Free Research Field

リハビリテーション工学