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PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to assess the influence of wheelchair
basketball sport on the functional abilities of wheelchair users. METHOD: This is
a randomized controlled study. Wheelchair basketball players (n = 111) and
non-player (n = 85) were included in this study. We administered the
questionnaire version of the wheelchair skills test questionnaire (WST_Q),
recording the participants' capacity and performance scores on each of 32 skills.
RESULTS: Player group have the baseline values of WST_Q higher than control
group. The mean total percentage score of player group was significantly greater
than control group (p < 0.05). The get over 15 cm level (respectively, rations of
capacity and performance of groups: player/control: 50.5-20% and 54.1-24.7%) and
the ascends 10 degrees incline (player/control 96.4-48.2% and 98.2-54.1%).
CONCLUSIONS: Participation in regular wheelchair basketball sport may preserve
and augment functional abilities in with wheelchair user Implications for
rehabilitation The skills-sports relationship is reciprocal. With increased
wheelchair skills, people may be more inclined to engage in sports; subsequently,
with greater sports, wheelchair skills could improve. Wheelchair mobility skills
during clinical rehabilitation should reflect the daily activities and needs of
each wheelchair user. WST-Q provides advantages in terms of requiring less time
and material in using of clinical.

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