L17 Adaptive Sports and Recreation

Question 1

Benefits of Adaptive Sports and Recreation

Answer 1

• Challenge physical limits
• Rehabilitation Motivation
• Personal fitness
• Develop new skills and abilities
• Provides instruction for learning
• Emotional support
• Social outlet
• Fun
• Escape for realities of everyday living

Question 2

2018 Winter Paralympics

Answer 2

• Para Alpine Skiing
• Para Biathlon
• Para Snowboard
• Wheelchair Curling
• Para Cross-Country Skiing
• Para Ice Hockey

Question 3

2022 Winter Paralympics: Beijing

Answer 3

• bobsled
• luge
• skeleton
• ice hockey
• figure skating
• speed skating
• short track speed skating
• curling
• alpine skiing, freestyle skiing
• snowboarding, biathlon, cross-country skiing, ski jumping
• Nordic combined

Question 4

Special Olympics

Answer 4

• Inclusion
• Athletes from 2 to 100
• 30 plus individual and team sports
• Programming in sports, health, education and community building
• People with and without intellectual disabilities

Question 5

Warrior Games

Answer 5

• The Department of Defense (DoD) holds an annual adaptive-sports competition.
• Created in 2010
• Highlighting the exceptional physical skills and mental toughness of wounded, ill and injured active-duty and veteran service members

Question 6

Invictus Games

Answer 6

• Visit to Warrior Games in 2013
• Prince Harry saw first-hand how the power of sport can help physically, psychologically and socially those suffering from injuries and illness
• The word ‘invictus’ means ‘unconquered’. It embodies the fighting spirit of wounded, injured and sick Service personnel and personifies what these tenacious men and women can achieve post injury

Question 7

Capstone Design Projects

Answer 7

Omni-Directional Wheelchair
Paintball gun support
Fishing Assist
Amphibious Kayak

Question 8

CARRT Adaptive Recreation Research

Answer 8

Enable amputees to engage in recreational activities to improve health and quality of life.

Rock-Climbing: Metabolic evaluation of
prosthetic feet.

Kayaking: Used motion analysis data to improve the design of a novel hand for kayaking.

Push-Up Device: Improve symmetry of chest, neck muscle.

Question 9

Golf Hand Prosthesis Performance

Answer 9

• 8 camera Vicon (Denver, CO) motion analysis system
• 2 AMTI (Waterford, MA) force platforms
• Eagle Golf TD (TRS, Inc. Boulder, CO); Golf Grip, Golf Pro
• Overall Length: 6.25 in. (15.9 cm)
• Grip Channel Length; 4.75 in. (12 cm)
• Width: 1.5 in. (3.8 cm)
• Height: 3.5 in. (8.9 cm)
• Weight: 6.0 oz. (170 gm)
• Material: Polyurethane & stainless steel

Question 10

Golf Hand Prosthesis Methods

Answer 10

• Observational study
• 21 markers on participant
• 4 markers on shaft, club head
• 10 full golf swings for each combo
• Standard, cross grips; right & left-handed stances
• First five trials practice; second five trials used for analysis
• Club head speed (m/s), weight transfer, torso rotation range of motion calculated
• W trans = (W f - W b)/ W t
• X-factor, x-factor stretch, elbow angles also calculated

Question 11

Golf Hand Prosthesis

Answer 11

Eagle Golf TD users show:

• potential to engage in recreational golf
• max. club head speeds of 24 m/s, and 33 m/s < amateur’s 37 m/s
• close to lower range of amateur club head speeds of 33-58 m/s (Fradkin 2004)
• “Front Foot” weight transfer style (Ball, 2007) - but need work, practice to improve it
• Eagle Golf TD users < ROM of torso  < club head speed  less ball displacement

Question 12

Baseball: Conclusions

Answer 12

• Limited freedom of device complicates follow through
• May limit elbow device
• Only 2 subjects

Question 13

Hands-Free Wheelchair Prototype I

Answer 13

• This is a joint project with School of Theater and Dance, CoTA
• Designed for a mixed ability dance group
• Device provides a freedom of
  movement for a variety of
  choreographic elements
• The first prototype converted the chair into a large joystick, where leaning to any direction created a motion towards that direction