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The purpose of this investigation was to determine how experienced wheelchair sportsmen perceived areas of wheelchair configuration and subsequent modifications to influence aspects of performance. Nine experienced wheelchair sportsmen from basketball, rugby and tennis were interviewed. Using an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, common themes present in the interviews were grouped into three superordinate themes: i) performance indicators, ii) ‘principal areas’ of wheelchair configuration, c) ‘supplementary areas’ of wheelchair configuration. Results revealed that participants demonstrated a good understanding as to how making ‘general’ changes to areas of their wheelchairs configuration influenced their sports performance. Yet, methods for determining their optimal positions were extremely subjective and based predominantly on trial and error. This study therefore identified optimization of wheelchair configuration as a key area for future investigation, with an emphasis on rear wheel camber resulting from participants disparity with regards to its impact upon straight line mobility.
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