ADaptrow
ENGINEERING FOR pararowers
PARALYMPIC.ORG:
HISTORY
This is a brief history of the Paralympic Movement that led to the first Paralympic games in 1960. It is just a starting place that gives those who will be reading my paper and I a sense of how this institution originated.
While the whole site will be helpful, here is the link to the specific history section:
http://www.paralympic.org/the-ipc/history-of-the-movement
USROWING.ORG: ADAPTIVE
Much like the last artifact, this is a relativley general overview of adaptive rowing that I will use in one or more of my background paragraphs. However, this is a bit more extensive than the paralympic site, including the sport's history, challenges, subsections, safety concerns, and some equipment. Though not a great resource for specific digging, it will be a good baseline for background information.
Here is the link:
http://www.usrowing.org/DomesticRowing/AdaptiveRowing/AboutAdaptive.aspx
PBS.ORG: PARALYMPICS
Although similar in content to the paralympic.org resource, this historical overview is more focused on the progression of the event subsequent to its origination. Again, not the most extensive artifact, but it will be a good background paragraph tool.
Here is the link:
DEZEEN: ADAPTIVE DESIGN
This site provides a basic overview of the standard adaptive equipment that rowers use. I will need to delve much, much deeper than surface information such as this, but the categories layed out in the article may help me organize my research.
Here is the link:
http://www.dezeen.com/2012/08/31/paralympic-design-adaptive-rowing-equipment/
U DELAWARE ENGINEERING
This is an example of engineering used to improve adaptive equipment. The article does not go into much depth at all about the specifics of the technology, so I am going to try to find a more technical source.
Here is the article:
http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2014/jan/adaptive-rowing-012414.html
After further research, I found "QuadCrew's" official website, which will provide a great example of engineering implemented in adaptive rowing. The site includes some info on their design and on their process.
Their website: http://quadcrewrowing.com/the-design/
A RELATED PROJECT
This project seems to be very similar to mine, and will likely help me find useful resources. In order to avoid plagerism and possibly inaccurate information and conclusions, I will not use the researchers annotations, only look into his/her artifacts.
Here is the link to the project:
U MAINE ENGINEERING
This site makes up in pictures what it lacks in description. Not a great website, but a related project that I can reference and possibly learn from.
Here is the link to the project photos:
http://umaine.edu/met/capstone-projects/2003-adaptive-rowing-device-for-person-with-one-arm/
SARAH'S ENGINEERING
I am not entirely sure of the purpose of this blog, but the writer's insights are very interesting and helpful. She has ideas posted about adaptive equipment, potential problems and fixes, and questions.
Here's her blog:
ROWING AS FULL - BODY PARAPLEGIC EXERCISE
I have not yet bought this paper because I do not yet know how valuable it will be to my research. However, it definitely brings up the interesting topic of disabled athletes' range of exercise, which I may or may not touch upon in my paper.
Here is the abstract for the paper and the link to buy it:
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=1114840&url=http%3A%2F
%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fxpls%2Ficp.jsp%3Farnumber%3D1114840
BIOMECHANICS IN PARA-ROWING
This seems like an awesome application of imaging and analysis software that may be very helpful to my field work. The summary of the paper talks about Classic JACK software, which I will research further to understand the details of. Looking at their research and building upon it may help me develop better equipment.
This is the link to the summary:
http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/ER/detail/hkul/5128703
(To view the actual paper, one needs access to a certain database, which I do not have)
Classic JACK site:
BIOMECHANIC ANALYSIS IN ROWING
This resource is similar in subject matter to the last artifact, but this one is far more extensive. It also focuses on typical rowing, not para-rowing. However, it suggests that the same processes can be modified for adaptive rowers as well. Most of the publication discusses the nitty grity details of the analysis process, which may not be too helpful, but pages 260 - 280 discuss lower back injuries in rowers (a big problem for para-rowers as well) and lists references, some of which would be good to look into.
The PDF: