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The Routledge Handbook of Disability Sport Science.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Griggs, Katy.
- Series:
- Routledge International Handbooks Series
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (784 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.
- Summary:
- The Routledge Handbook of Disability Sport Science is the first book to offer a comprehensive and in-depth review of current and emerging topics within disability sport science and provides a complete overview of academic and professional knowledge, divided into six sections.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Editors
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Section 1: Physiology
- Chapter 1: Cardiorespiratory responses of individuals with a spinal cord injury to exercise
- Background
- Neural circuitry modulating autonomic outflow
- Cardiovascular function following spinal cord injury
- Respiratory function following spinal cord injury
- Inspiratory muscle function following spinal cord injury
- Expiratory muscle function following spinal cord injury
- Autonomic outflow and pulmonary function
- Limits to aerobic exercise capacity
- Limits to aerobic exercise capacity in individuals without disabilities
- Limits to aerobic exercise capacity in athletes following spinal cord injury
- Respiratory limits to aerobic exercise capacity following spinal cord injury
- Cardiovascular limits to aerobic exercise capacity following spinal cord injury
- Methods for assessing cardiorespiratory responses to exercise in individuals with spinal cord injury
- Strategies to enhance exercise capacity by targeting the cardiorespiratory response following spinal cord injury
- Functional electrical stimulation
- Passive leg exercise
- Lower body compression
- Abdominal binding
- Respiratory muscle training (RMT)
- Boosting
- Spinal cord stimulation
- Pharmaceutical and supplements
- Future directions
- Summary
- References
- Chapter 2: Inflammatory responses to exercise and related health interventions
- Introduction: A diverse range of disabilities
- Inflammation, disease, and physical inactivity: The case for physical activity
- Ageing
- Active skeletal muscle mass
- Autonomic dysfunction
- Heat exposure
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Chapter 3: Thermoregulation in Para Sports
- Introduction
- Competing in hot conditions.
- Considerations for para athletes
- Thermoregulation during exercise
- Human heat balance
- Exercise performance under heat stress
- Exertional heat illness
- Thermoregulation in para athletes
- Factors influencing the response to exercise under heat stress
- Impairment types
- Spinal cord injury
- Cerebral palsy
- Limb deficiency
- Multiple sclerosis
- Other impairments
- Heat illness and preparedness at international sporting events
- Incidence of exertional heat illness
- Heat preparedness
- Summary and future directions
- Chapter 4: Physiological exercise testing and prescription
- Methodological test considerations
- Testing aerobic and anaerobic capacity
- Aerobic capacity
- Thresholds and intensity zones
- Anaerobic capacity
- Testing muscular strength
- Field testing
- Exercise prescription
- Wheelchair athletes
- Sprint testing
- Wingate testing
- Force-velocity profiling
- Athletes with cerebral palsy
- Neuromuscular testing
- Athletes with intellectual disabilities
- Chapter 5: Monitoring training load in adapted sports
- Methods for quantifying training and competition load in adapted sports
- Definition, concepts, and benefits of training and competition load quantification.
- Integration of internal and external load data for a comprehensive view
- Measurement of internal load
- Measurement of external load
- Fundamentals of training and competition load quantification in adapted sports
- Optimising athletic performance based on individual player/athlete needs
- Adjusting training load to ensure recovery after competition and prevent overtraining
- Examples of different adapted sport modalities and practical applications
- Wheelchair basketball
- Cerebral palsy football
- Handcycling
- Limitations and challenges of training and competition load quantification in adapted sports
- Chapter 6: Respiratory muscle training for athletes with spinal cord injury
- Respiratory function in individuals with spinal cord injury
- Inspiratory function
- Expiratory function
- Respiratory muscle training modalities
- Voluntary isocapnic hyperpnea (VIH)
- Flow-resistive loading
- Pressure threshold loading
- Benefits of respiratory muscle training in individuals with spinal cord injury
- Respiratory muscle training studies in athletes with spinal cord injury
- Practical aspects of respiratory muscle training
- Chapter 7: Sporting Example: Physiological Responses during Handcycling
- Handcycling History
- Handcycling Classification
- Competitive Handcycling
- External Factors Which Influence Handcycling Performance
- Handbike Configuration
- Determinants of Handcycling Performance
- Testing
- Training to Optimise Handcycling Performance
- Methodological Considerations
- Section 2: Biomechanics
- Chapter 8: Prosthetic developments in sport: Biomechanics of Running-Specific Prosthesis
- Historical background for the development of RSPs.
- RSPs and athletic performances in the Paralympic Games
- Spatiotemporal parameters of running with RSPs
- Spatiotemporal parameters in race analysis
- Spatiotemporal parameters in laboratory experiments
- Ground reaction forces in the stance phase
- Prosthetics components and running biomechanics
- Chapter 9: Long jump with a below-the-knee prosthesis
- Carbon-fibre below-the-knee prostheses
- Approach run
- Take-off step
- Kinematics and leg stiffness
- Ground reaction force profile
- Centre of mass energy transfer
- Take-off leg alignment
- Frontal plane mechanics
- Conclusion
- Perspective for future research
- Chapter 10: Wheelchair Racing Biomechanics and Performance Considerations
- Propulsion Biomechanics
- Practical Implications
- Future Directions
- Chapter 11: Wheelchair Tennis Biomechanics
- Wheelchair tennis
- Wheelchair athlete
- Classification
- Wheelchair exercise capacity
- Shoulder injuries
- Wheelchair configuration
- Influence of racket
- New specialised rim
- Other wheelchair configurations
- Wheelchair environment
- Wheelchair tennis performance
- Serving/returning
- Wheeling performance
- Strokes
- Chapter 12: Biomechanical Aspects of Handcycling Propulsion
- Biomechanical aspects
- Kinetics
- Kinematics
- Muscular activity
- M. deltoideus, pars spinalis (DP)
- M. trapezius (pars descendens, TD)
- Forearm flexors (FC) and extensors (EC)
- M. biceps brachii (BB)
- M. deltoideus (pars clavicularis, DA)
- M. pectoralis major (PM)
- M. triceps brachii (TB)
- M. rectus abdominis (RA)
- M. latissimus dorsi (LD)
- Handbike settings
- Outlook on future research
- References.
- Chapter 13: Shoulder health in wheelchair sports
- Main section
- Prevalence of tendinopathy and tears in wheelchair athletes
- Load vs. capacity in shoulder health
- Load
- Capacity
- Clinical assessments, imaging techniques, and pain measures
- Tendon examination
- The role of ultrasound imaging
- Assessment of shoulder pain
- Biomechanical assessments of wheelchair users
- Daily wheelchair propulsion biomechanics
- Insights and recommendations for daily wheelchair activities
- Wheelchair set-up and configuration
- Reverse propulsion
- Assistive technologies for wheelchair mobility
- Transfer and weight relieving tasks and shoulder health
- Recommendations for future biomechanical assessments
- Sports-specific propulsion biomechanics
- Specialised training equipment
- Insights and recommendations for sports-specific wheelchair activities
- Wheelchair selection and configuration
- Regular monitoring of shoulder health
- Individualised training strategies
- Shoulder strength assessments in wheelchair athletes
- Applied case study
- Strength and conditioning training considerations for shoulder health in wheelchair athletes
- Training for contact
- Programme design
- Example strength and conditioning programme developing wheelchair rugby player
- Team background
- Early general preparation phase (1-4 weeks)
- Mid-general preparation phase (4-12 weeks)
- Specific preparation phase (12-24 weeks): power and sprint speed development
- Maintenance phase (throughout competition season)
- Section 3: Technology
- Chapter 14: The ethics of technology in sports
- What are ethics?
- Fairness
- What ethical issues are created via sports technology?
- Access
- Cost
- Safety
- Reskilling
- Deskilling
- Participation.
- The controversy of Parasport technology.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-04-043451-7
- 1-04-043448-7
- 1-003-39765-4
- 9781003397656
- OCLC:
- 1543207333
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