Relationship between Sprint Velocity and Peak Moment at Shoulder and Elbow in Elite Wheelchair Basketball Players

Villacieros, Jorge; Pérez-Tejero, Javier; Garrido, Guadalupe; Grams, Lena; López-Illescas, África; Ferro, Amelia

doi:10.3390/ijerph17196989

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Relationship between Sprint Velocity and Peak Moment at Shoulder and Elbow in Elite Wheelchair Basketball Players

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Jorge Villacieros

¹

,

Javier Pérez-Tejero

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Guadalupe Garrido

²,

Lena Grams

²,

África López-Illescas

³ and

Amelia Ferro

^1,*

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Department of Sports, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain

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Department of Health and Human Performance, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain

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Department of Health Sciences, Universidad Alfonso X “El Sabio”, 28016 Madrid, Spain

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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(19), 6989; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17196989

Submission received: 31 July 2020 / Revised: 17 September 2020 / Accepted: 18 September 2020 / Published: 24 September 2020

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Trends in Research on Training, Performance, Conditioning, Coaching, Evaluation and Health in Basketball)

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Specific wheelchair basketball (WB) skills on the court have been poorly analyzed in relation to improving players’ performance according to their functional class. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the associations between maximum velocity (Vmax) and peak moment (PM) in the shoulder and elbow joints in specific WB skills and to compare performance between the main two groups by functional class. Twelve male WB players, divided in categories A (functional classes 1.0–2.5) and B (class 3.0–4.5), performed a sprint test battery composed by four tests (with and without ball) and isokinetic tests. A significant relationship between PM of the internal and external shoulder rotation and the flexion and extension elbow with Vmax (p < 0.05) was found. During a 5 m backward sprint test, category B was faster in the last three meters than category A (p < 0.05) and also for the rest of the test but p = NS. Category B showed higher PM than category A for internal shoulder rotation (ISR) at 60 °/s and at 180 °/s on the dominant side (DS) (p < 0.05). In conclusion, ISR on the DS was found different for both groups and showed significant relationship with Vmax in all of the tests performed. Moreover, at higher speeds the elbow flexion and extension in DS were correlated with Vmax in all the actions with ball (passing, bouncing, and braking) reflected the importance of these joints movements in acquiring speed when performing sport specific WB skills.

Keywords: isokinetic; kinematic; speed; functional classification; performance

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Villacieros, J.; Pérez-Tejero, J.; Garrido, G.; Grams, L.; López-Illescas, Á.; Ferro, A. Relationship between Sprint Velocity and Peak Moment at Shoulder and Elbow in Elite Wheelchair Basketball Players. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 6989. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17196989

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Villacieros J, Pérez-Tejero J, Garrido G, Grams L, López-Illescas Á, Ferro A. Relationship between Sprint Velocity and Peak Moment at Shoulder and Elbow in Elite Wheelchair Basketball Players. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(19):6989. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17196989

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Villacieros, Jorge, Javier Pérez-Tejero, Guadalupe Garrido, Lena Grams, África López-Illescas, and Amelia Ferro. 2020. "Relationship between Sprint Velocity and Peak Moment at Shoulder and Elbow in Elite Wheelchair Basketball Players" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 19: 6989. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17196989

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Villacieros, J., Pérez-Tejero, J., Garrido, G., Grams, L., López-Illescas, Á., & Ferro, A. (2020). Relationship between Sprint Velocity and Peak Moment at Shoulder and Elbow in Elite Wheelchair Basketball Players. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(19), 6989. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17196989

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