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2014
Athletes voluntarily change their sportive behavior in order to improve performance or to reduce load. If this process is guided by feedback loops, characteristics of adaptive systems are met. The occurring adaptive change is relevant to achieving a goal or objective.
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Athletes voluntarily change their sportive behavior in order to improve performance or to reduce load. If this process is guided by feedback loops, characteristics of adaptive systems are met. The occurring adaptive change is relevant to achieving a goal or objective.
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2017
High risk, adrenaline, action—these are the hallmarks of an extreme sport. Once thought to be inaccessible, the arena of extreme sports is quickly becoming a cultural norm for adaptive athletes. Increasing media exposure and advancements in technology have allowed the recreational participant to be involved in extreme sports in a fun yet protected ...
William Denq, B. Elizabeth Delasobera
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High risk, adrenaline, action—these are the hallmarks of an extreme sport. Once thought to be inaccessible, the arena of extreme sports is quickly becoming a cultural norm for adaptive athletes. Increasing media exposure and advancements in technology have allowed the recreational participant to be involved in extreme sports in a fun yet protected ...
William Denq, B. Elizabeth Delasobera
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Adaptive Sports Technology and Biomechanics: Wheelchairs
PM&R, 2014Wheelchair sports are an important tool in the rehabilitation of people with severe chronic disabilities and have been a driving force for innovation in technology and practice. In this paper, we will present an overview of the adaptive technology used in Paralympic sports with a special focus on wheeled technology and the impact of design on ...
Rory A, Cooper, Arthur Jason, De Luigi
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Adaptive Sports Technology and Biomechanics: Prosthetics
PM&R, 2014With the technologic advances in medicine and an emphasis on maintaining physical fitness, the population of athletes with impairments is growing. It is incumbent upon health care practitioners to make every effort to inform these individuals of growing and diverse opportunities and to encourage safe exercise and athletic participation through ...
Arthur Jason, De Luigi, Rory A, Cooper
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Neuromechanical adaptations to slippery sport shoes
Human Movement Science, 2018Although shoe friction has been widely studied in occupational ergonomics, information was lacking about friction in sport shoes. The purpose of the study was to examine the neuromechanical adaptations to different shoe-surface interface in an aerobic-gym specific movement.
Morio, Cédric, Herbaut, Alexis
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Bone Health in Adaptive Sports Athletes
Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review, 2019Adaptive sports athletes represent a growing population within the athletic community worldwide. Given potential cardiometabolic and psychosocial benefits of adaptive sports participation, the impact on bone health and injury risk in adaptive athletes is of increasing clinical interest.
Cheri A, Blauwet +2 more
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Adaptive Sports Event Planning
2017Medical support for an adaptive sporting event requires coordinated preplanning with consideration of a variety of factors that will dictate the delivery of health care. The venue, time of year, type of events, and amount of coverage are some of the major questions that must be asked.
Jeffrey C. Leggit, Chelsea D. Brundage
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Controversies in Adaptive Sports
2017The majority of athletes that participate in adaptive sports do so in an ethical manner and utilize medical resources to optimize nutrition, manage medical conditions, and comorbidities and to improve athletic performance. Performance improvement is achieved by the prescription of therapeutic services to improve strength, flexibility, range of motion ...
Shane Drakes +2 more
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Medical Considerations in Adaptive Sports
2017The medical considerations specific to the most common and serious medical conditions for adaptive athletes in each of the six categories are reviewed in this chapter. Although there are some similarities, each of the six categories (spinal cord injury, amputees/limb-deficient athletes, cerebral palsy, visual impairment, intellectual impairment, and ...
Anthony Beutler, Patrick Carey
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