The , Adapted Skibob' - Wintersport for People with Specials Needs Disabilities of the Musculoskeletal System

摘要

This paper is about an innovation project developing a winter sport aid for people with special needs/disabilities. It gives an overview about the available winter sports aids and the development process of the so-called Adapted Ski-Bike. About 10% of the population of an industrialised country [1] have a disability or chronic diseases. Besides that an ageing population challenges us in developing adequate Winterport equipment. For these two growing target groups and their sometimes highly individual needs a consortium of partners initiated a project to develop Winterport equipment that offers them possibilities to actively participate in Winterport activities irrespective their age, disability or special need.Besides focusing on sport & leisure activities and rehabilitation issues the project has another very important area of focus: Although more and more children with special needs could go to mainstream schools there are still a huge number of hurdles concerning sports education. There are several specifically designed sports aids available worldwide to allow children with special needs to learn skiing and so participate in winter sport education with their classmates. But the techniques to use and availability of those aids are still limited and not widely shared. Therefore is was the aim of the project to develop a sports aid in cooperation with several partners, that is first of all easy to use & transport and secondly affordable not only for institutions but also for families.