Bragança, Sara and Castellucci, Ignacio and Gill, Simeon and Carvalho, Miguel and Arezes, Pedro. (2017). Evaluation of design recommendations for the development of wheelchair rugby sports-wear. In: Advances in Design for Inclusion. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 1-11. (In Press)
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Abstract
Currently, wheelchair rugby athletes face the challenges of playing the sport without specifically designed sports-wear kit. A few designs and recommendations have already been proposed by researchers but none have made it to market yet. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a set of design recommendations for the development of wheelchair rugby sports-wear. This was done so that the products to be created are developed in collaboration with their potential users, responding to their particular needs and requirements. The evaluation was done through an online survey, where the athletes were presented with a visual representation of the design recommendations. The results indicate that the people questioned agree with the majority of the proposed designs and would be happy to have these improvements made to their current sports-wear. The most criticised recommendations were for the gloves, as they are the most important part of the kit, so it is important that they are adequate and allow for a good performance.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Subjects: | TECHNOLOGY > Engineering (General) |
| Faculties: | Research & Information Unit |
| Depositing User: | Sara Braganca |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Apr 2018 14:02 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Apr 2018 14:02 |
| URI: | https://ssudl.solent.ac.uk/id/eprint/3828 |
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