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Fourteen healthy young men (20.7 \u00b1 0.5 years) performed 5 m wheelchair propulsion under both conditions. Propulsion was recorded with a smartphone camera, and coordinates of the left ear, shoulder, elbow, and wrist were extracted using You Only Look Once version 7 (YOLO v7) to calculate upper-arm segment and elbow angles and angular accelerations. Analysis focused on the first three propulsion cycles after movement onset. Propulsion velocity showed a significant main effect of measurement point, but neither the main effect of cervical fixation nor the condition-by-point interaction was significant. Velocity increment differed significantly among measurement intervals, whereas the condition effect and interaction were not significant. Cervical fixation was associated with a smaller minimum upper-arm segment angle and greater upper-arm segment excursion, maximum elbow angle, and elbow range of motion. A significant condition-by-cycle interaction was found for minimum elbow angle, with a smaller angle under fixation during the first cycle. Minimum upper-arm segment angular acceleration in the flexion direction also differed among cycles. Thus, cervical fixation was associated with changes in upper-limb kinematics, but a statistically significant change in propulsion velocity was not demonstrated. 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