摘要：Disabled people compete at high levels in several sport disciplines and physical activity for this population has become a high interest area of study in biomechanics. However, the traditional research approach in biomechanics needs to be adapted to cope with the unique requirements of disabled people. To help them with their functional disabilities, researchers need to re-think their methods of investigation. Paralympic athletes compete in both individual and team sports, locomotive and non-locomotive disciplines, short-lasting high-intensity and long-lasting low-intensity efforts, etc. Sport is acknowledged as being of immense value to sedentary disabled people as well. As is already the case with able-bodied people, sports science is in part required to support performance improvement. This applies to both training and racing among other sport disciplines. This Special Issue includes eight articles (six original and two reviews) published belonging to three research areas: (1) testing, (2) training and (3) both testing and training.
Regarding testing, Kelli et al. assessed (including reliability) one trunk stabilizing muscle (transverse abdominal) activity—in terms of thickness—at rest and during exercise in post-stroke hemiparetic individuals [
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