ABSTRACT Wheelchair basketball (WCB) is one of the most popular sports for athletes with disabilities. Athletes with a wide range of disabilities compete in the sport, making WCB highly inclusive while presenting unique challenges for various aspects of performance support. This review aims to provide an overview of the existing literature on physical characteristics and competition demands of elite WCB athletes to provide practitioners with the best physical preparation practices for improving performance. Many physical characteristics and capacities have been reported to improve performance and are useful for setting performance benchmarks. Assessment of these capacities in WCB athletes requires special considerations due to the impacts of individual disabilities and interactions between the athlete and the wheelchair. Profiling WCB athletes also requires understanding the competitive demands that cannot be extrapolated from nondisabled basketball. To track game movements, this review describes previous studies tracking game movements with various tracking devices, and recent studies have identified inertial sensors as an accurate and practical option. Athletes' internal responses to game demands vary based on disability, particularly spinal cord injuries, so special considerations for internal load monitoring include implementing individualized monitoring strategies.

Leanne Snyder

Paul S.R. Goods

Peter Peeling

Martyn Binnie

Jeremiah J. Peiffer

Aaron Balloch

Brendan R. Scott

Strength and conditioning journal

Strength and Conditioning Journal is the professional journal for strength coaches, personal trainers, physical therapists, athletic trainers, and other health professionals working in the strength and conditioning field. The journal’s mission is to publish articles that report both the practical applications of research findings and the knowledge gained by experienced professionals.

The Strength and Conditioning Journal is the professional journal for strength coaches, personal trainers, physical therapists, athletic trainers, and other health professionals working in the field of strength and conditioning. The journal's mission is to publish articles that report the practical applications of research findings and the knowledge gained by experienced professionals.

《Strength and Conditioning Journal》是力量教练、私人教练、物理治疗师、运动训练师以及其他在力量与体能领域工作的健康专业人士的专业期刊。该期刊的使命是发表报告研究成果实际应用的文章，以及经验丰富的专业人士所获得的知识。

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Physical Characteristics and Competition Demands of Elite Wheelchair Basketball

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