A Bibliometrics-Enhanced, PAGER-Compliant Scoping Review of the Literature on Paralympic Powerlifting: Insights for Practices and Future Research

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Autoren
  • Luca Puce
  • Khaled Trabelsi
  • Carlo Trompetto
  • Laura Mori
  • Lucio Marinelli
  • Antonio Curra
  • Emanuela Faelli
  • Vittoria Ferrando
  • Patrick Okwen
  • Jude Dzevela Kong
  • Achraf Ammar
  • Nicola Luigi Bragazzi
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https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000895691500001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
DOI
10.3390/healthcare10112319
eISSN
2227-9032
Externe Identifier
  • Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: 6W4HT
  • PubMed Identifier: 36421643
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
11
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HEALTHCARE
Schlüsselwörter
  • para powerlifting
  • athletes with disabilities
  • scoping review
  • PAGER framework
  • bibliometrics
Artikelnummer
ARTN 2319
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2022
Status
Published
Titel
A Bibliometrics-Enhanced, PAGER-Compliant Scoping Review of the Literature on Paralympic Powerlifting: Insights for Practices and Future Research
Sub types
  • Review
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
10

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Abstract
<jats:p>Paralympic powerlifting (PP), formerly known as “International Paralympic Committee” (IPC) powerlifting, is the format of powerlifting adapted for athletes with disabilities, and it differs from the version for able-bodied athletes in that it consists of bench press only. According to the mandate of the IPC, PP athletes should be enabled to achieve sporting excellence. As such, rigorous evidence is needed. However, to the best of our knowledge, there exists no systematic assessment of the body of scholarly evidence in the field of PP. Therefore, the present study was conducted to fill in this gap of knowledge, by conducting a scoping review of the literature enhanced by a bibliometrics analysis and by mining two major scholarly databases (MEDLINE via PubMed and Scopus). The aim was to provide a review/summary of the findings to date to help practitioners and athletes. Thirty-seven studies were retained in the present study. These covered the following thematic areas: (i) warm-up strategies (n = 2); (ii) aspects of training (n = 2); (iii) physiological aspects and responses (n = 2); (iv) psychological aspects and responses (n = 2); (v) biomechanics of bench press (n = 8); (vi) recovery strategy (n = 5); (vii) impact of the disability and type of disability (n = 4); (viii) epidemiology of PP (n = 6); and (ix) new analytical/statistical approaches for kinematics assessments, internal load monitoring, and predictions of mechanical outputs in strength exercises and in PP (n = 6). Bibliometrics analysis of the PP-related scientific output revealed that, despite having already become a paralympic sports discipline in 1984, only in the last few years, PP has been attracting a lot of interest from the community of researchers, with the first scholarly contribution dating back to 2012, and with more than one-third of the scientific output being published this year (2022). As such, this scholarly discipline is quite recent and young. Moreover, the community dealing with this topic is poorly interconnected, with most authors contributing to just one article, and with one single author being a hub node of the author network. Distributions of the number of articles and the authors/co-authors were found to be highly asymmetrical, indicating that this research is still in its infancy and has great room as well as great potential to grow. Reflecting this, many research topics are also overlooked and underdeveloped, with the currently available evidence being based on a few studies.</jats:p>
Autoren
  • Luca Puce
  • Khaled Trabelsi
  • Carlo Trompetto
  • Laura Mori
  • Lucio Marinelli
  • Antonio Currà
  • Emanuela Faelli
  • Vittoria Ferrando
  • Patrick Okwen
  • Jude Dzevela Kong
  • Achraf Ammar
  • Nicola Luigi Bragazzi
DOI
10.3390/healthcare10112319
eISSN
2227-9032
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
11
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Healthcare
Sprache
en
Online publication date
2022
Paginierung
2319 - 2319
Status
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MDPI AG
Herausgeber URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10112319
Datum der Datenerfassung
2022
Titel
A Bibliometrics-Enhanced, PAGER-Compliant Scoping Review of the Literature on Paralympic Powerlifting: Insights for Practices and Future Research
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
10

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Abstract
Paralympic powerlifting (PP), formerly known as "International Paralympic Committee" (IPC) powerlifting, is the format of powerlifting adapted for athletes with disabilities, and it differs from the version for able-bodied athletes in that it consists of bench press only. According to the mandate of the IPC, PP athletes should be enabled to achieve sporting excellence. As such, rigorous evidence is needed. However, to the best of our knowledge, there exists no systematic assessment of the body of scholarly evidence in the field of PP. Therefore, the present study was conducted to fill in this gap of knowledge, by conducting a scoping review of the literature enhanced by a bibliometrics analysis and by mining two major scholarly databases (MEDLINE via PubMed and Scopus). The aim was to provide a review/summary of the findings to date to help practitioners and athletes. Thirty-seven studies were retained in the present study. These covered the following thematic areas: (i) warm-up strategies (<i>n</i> = 2); (ii) aspects of training (<i>n</i> = 2); (iii) physiological aspects and responses (<i>n</i> = 2); (iv) psychological aspects and responses (<i>n</i> = 2); (v) biomechanics of bench press (<i>n</i> = 8); (vi) recovery strategy (<i>n</i> = 5); (vii) impact of the disability and type of disability (<i>n</i> = 4); (viii) epidemiology of PP (<i>n</i> = 6); and (ix) new analytical/statistical approaches for kinematics assessments, internal load monitoring, and predictions of mechanical outputs in strength exercises and in PP (<i>n</i> = 6). Bibliometrics analysis of the PP-related scientific output revealed that, despite having already become a paralympic sports discipline in 1984, only in the last few years, PP has been attracting a lot of interest from the community of researchers, with the first scholarly contribution dating back to 2012, and with more than one-third of the scientific output being published this year (2022). As such, this scholarly discipline is quite recent and young. Moreover, the community dealing with this topic is poorly interconnected, with most authors contributing to just one article, and with one single author being a hub node of the author network. Distributions of the number of articles and the authors/co-authors were found to be highly asymmetrical, indicating that this research is still in its infancy and has great room as well as great potential to grow. Reflecting this, many research topics are also overlooked and underdeveloped, with the currently available evidence being based on a few studies.
Addresses
  • Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Autoren
  • Luca Puce
  • Khaled Trabelsi
  • Carlo Trompetto
  • Laura Mori
  • Lucio Marinelli
  • Antonio Currà
  • Emanuela Faelli
  • Vittoria Ferrando
  • Patrick Okwen
  • Jude Dzevela Kong
  • Achraf Ammar
  • Nicola Luigi Bragazzi
DOI
10.3390/healthcare10112319
eISSN
2227-9032
Externe Identifier
  • PubMed Identifier: 36421643
  • PubMed Central ID: PMC9690829
Funding acknowledgements
  • Canada’s International Development Research Centre: 109559-001
  • New Frontier in Research Fund-Exploratory: NFRFE-2021-00879
  • Canada’s International Development Research Centre: 109981
  • NSERC Discovery Grant: RGPIN-2022-04559
  • Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency: 109559-001
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Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
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2022
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Datum der Veröffentlichung
2022
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Datum der Datenerfassung
2022
Titel
A Bibliometrics-Enhanced, PAGER-Compliant Scoping Review of the Literature on Paralympic Powerlifting: Insights for Practices and Future Research.
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  • review-article
  • Review
  • Journal Article
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Abstract
Paralympic powerlifting (PP), formerly known as "International Paralympic Committee" (IPC) powerlifting, is the format of powerlifting adapted for athletes with disabilities, and it differs from the version for able-bodied athletes in that it consists of bench press only. According to the mandate of the IPC, PP athletes should be enabled to achieve sporting excellence. As such, rigorous evidence is needed. However, to the best of our knowledge, there exists no systematic assessment of the body of scholarly evidence in the field of PP. Therefore, the present study was conducted to fill in this gap of knowledge, by conducting a scoping review of the literature enhanced by a bibliometrics analysis and by mining two major scholarly databases (MEDLINE via PubMed and Scopus). The aim was to provide a review/summary of the findings to date to help practitioners and athletes. Thirty-seven studies were retained in the present study. These covered the following thematic areas: (i) warm-up strategies (n = 2); (ii) aspects of training (n = 2); (iii) physiological aspects and responses (n = 2); (iv) psychological aspects and responses (n = 2); (v) biomechanics of bench press (n = 8); (vi) recovery strategy (n = 5); (vii) impact of the disability and type of disability (n = 4); (viii) epidemiology of PP (n = 6); and (ix) new analytical/statistical approaches for kinematics assessments, internal load monitoring, and predictions of mechanical outputs in strength exercises and in PP (n = 6). Bibliometrics analysis of the PP-related scientific output revealed that, despite having already become a paralympic sports discipline in 1984, only in the last few years, PP has been attracting a lot of interest from the community of researchers, with the first scholarly contribution dating back to 2012, and with more than one-third of the scientific output being published this year (2022). As such, this scholarly discipline is quite recent and young. Moreover, the community dealing with this topic is poorly interconnected, with most authors contributing to just one article, and with one single author being a hub node of the author network. Distributions of the number of articles and the authors/co-authors were found to be highly asymmetrical, indicating that this research is still in its infancy and has great room as well as great potential to grow. Reflecting this, many research topics are also overlooked and underdeveloped, with the currently available evidence being based on a few studies.
Date of acceptance
2022
Autoren
  • Luca Puce
  • Khaled Trabelsi
  • Carlo Trompetto
  • Laura Mori
  • Lucio Marinelli
  • Antonio Currà
  • Emanuela Faelli
  • Vittoria Ferrando
  • Patrick Okwen
  • Jude Dzevela Kong
  • Achraf Ammar
  • Nicola Luigi Bragazzi
Autoren-URL
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36421643
DOI
10.3390/healthcare10112319
Externe Identifier
  • PubMed Central ID: PMC9690829
ISSN
2227-9032
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
11
Zeitschrift
Healthcare (Basel)
Schlüsselwörter
  • PAGER framework
  • athletes with disabilities
  • bibliometrics
  • para powerlifting
  • scoping review
Sprache
eng
Country
Switzerland
PII
healthcare10112319
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2022
Status
Published online
Titel
A Bibliometrics-Enhanced, PAGER-Compliant Scoping Review of the Literature on Paralympic Powerlifting: Insights for Practices and Future Research.
Sub types
  • Journal Article
  • Review
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
10

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