Towards an Evidence-Based Classification System for Para Dressage: Associations between Impairment and Performance Measures.

ABSTRACT: This study follows a previously defined framework to investigate the impact of impairment on performance in Para dressage athletes. Twenty-one elite Para dressage athletes (grades I to V) and eleven non-disabled dressage athletes (competing at Prix St. Georges or Grand Prix) participated. Data were collected in two phases: performing a two minute custom dressage test on a riding simulator while kinematic data were synchronously collected using inertial measurement units (2000 Hz) and optical motion capture (100 Hz), and clinically assessed using a battery of impairment assessment tools administered by qualified therapists. Impairment and performance measures were compared between Para and non-disabled athletes. Significant differences between athlete groups were found for all impairment me

SUBMITTER: Hobbs SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10487214 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature