Barbosa, Tiago M.Forte, PedroCoelho, Eduarda2021-12-062021-12-062021Barbosa, Tiago M.; Forte, Pedro; Coelho, Eduarda (2021). Follow-up and optimisation of a paralympics wheelchair sprinter´s stroke kinematics in 2013-2016. In 13th ICCE Global Coach Conference 2021. Lisboahttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/24460To analyse the variations in the stroke kinematics of an elite wheelchair sprinter in the 100m event over a Paralympic cycle and, modelling the optimal stroke rate-stroke length (SR-SL) combination to break the personal best (PB) and the European Record (ER). Methodology: A T52 wheelchair sprinter that is European multi-medallist, finalist at World Championships and Paralympic Games was monitor in the Paralympic cycle 2013-2016. The 100m events raced were recorded by a panning camera set-up on the stands. Results: It was noted the narrowest 95CI at the 38.5m mark. The SR and SL 95% confidence interval (95CI) became wider from this mark onwards. Conversely, the 95CI of the velocity is prone to become narrow from the 38.5m mark onwards. Conclusion: The best SR-SL combination was a mean 135.50c/min-2.53m to break the PB, and 137.88c/min-2.57m the ER.engWheelchair sprinterconference object