ArticleHeliyon2020
Physical fitness assessment in Goalball: A scoping review of the literature.
Article in Heliyon, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Assessment Methods of Physical Fitness in Wheelchair Tennis Athletes: A Scoping Review and Proposal for a Standard Operating Procedure.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Inclusion in and through disability sport? A scoping review using the examples of goalball and wheelchair basketball.JSAMS plus · 2025Review
- Quantifying Trunk Impact Dynamics and Workload with Inertial Sensors in Goalball Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Electromyographic analysis of the traditional and spin throwing techniques for goalball games related to ball velocity for selected upper extremity muscles.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Relationships among postural stability, physical fitness, and shooting accuracy in Olympic female goalball players.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Sports Medicine and Movement Sciences.Heliyon · 2022Article
- Physical fitness assessment in wheelchair basketball: A mini-review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Review
- Design of the Physical Fitness Evaluation Information Management System of Sports Athletes Based on Artificial Intelligence.Computational intelligence and neuroscience · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundGoalball is a Paralympic sport for visually impaired athletes. Although it is widely practiced, a great variety of tests are adopted to evaluate athletes' physical fitness. Therefore, the objective was to identify the physical fitness tests adopted in this sport to find the common aspects between them and, eventually, to propose a standard operating procedure.
methodsThe Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines were adopted. The studies were extracted from PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus. A selection process by title, abstract, and full-text, according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, was performed. The results were discussed with narrative synthesis.
resultsA total of 7 papers and 222 participants were included. A wide variety of tests were adopted and the Brockport Physical Fitness Test (BPFT) was the only battery included to evaluate general athletes' well-being.
conclusionsAlthough few literature exists on Goalball, the BPFT could be the battery for evaluating Goalball athletes though the test battery should be standardized to the characteristics of this sport.
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