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Prevalence of urinary incontinence in Brazilian para athletes

British Journal of Sports Medicine
Objective To describe the prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) in para athletes in Brazil. Methods This is a cross-sectional study with Brazilian para athletes with physical impairments from all para sports. The data from 86 participants of both sexes
Pedro Renan Nascimento Barbosa, M. Rodrigues, A. C. E. Costa e Silva, C. Lemos, Marília Passos Magno e Silva   +4 more
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Sport-Related Concussion in Para Athletes

American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Although research on sport-related concussion has grown substantially in the last decade, research on concussion in para sports remains limited. The aim of this scoping review is to synthesize and describe the current literature on the incidence ...
R. Smetana, D. T. Kaplan, Robbie Magill, A. H. Denton, O. H. Ahmed, Donna K Broshek   +5 more
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Prioritising Para athlete care

British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2021
‘Para’ is derived from the Greek word παράλληλα and is a medical prefix meaning ‘alongside’ (cf. parathyroid). Hence, the Paralympics takes place ‘alongside’ the Olympic Games. Since the first Paralympic Games in Rome 1960, the event has grown from 400 athletes from 23 countries to become the third largest sporting event in the world with over 4328 ...
Jon Patricios, Nick Webborn
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Salivary pH and oral health of Brazilian para‐athletes: Saliva and oral health of para‐athletes

Special Care in Dentistry, 2021
AbstractAimsThis study aimed to investigate the association of the salivary pH and parameters of oral health in Brazilian para‐athletes.Methods and resultsThe sample was composed of 271 Brazilian para‐athletes (147 athletics, 61 powerlifting, and 63 swimming); mean age was 31.2 ± 11.7 years.
João Armando Brancher, Fernanda Morodome, Isabela Ribeiro Madalena, Caio Luiz Bittecourt Reis, Rodrigo Von Held, Lívia Azeredo Alves Antunes, Ciro Winckler, Fabiano Salgueirosa, Zair Candido Oliveira Neto, Carmen Lucia Muller Storrer, Erika Calvano Küchler, Leonardo Santos Antunes   +11 more
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Physiological considerations for Para athletes

2022
Refereed/Peer-reviewed This chapter explores various aspects of physiology support including physiological testing, training load, thermoregulation, and recovery, and considerations for how to adapt these to enhance Para athlete development. As highlighted throughout the chapter, Para athletes can vary greatly in their physiological and perceptual ...
Peta Maloney, Jamie Stanley, Ben Stephenson, Robert Pritchett, Gary Brickley   +4 more
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Promotion of Para Athlete Well-being (PROPEL II)

American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 2023
Objective Limited research exists on the sleep profiles of South African Para athletes. The aims of this study are to describe sleep quality, day-time sleepiness, and chronotype of South African Para athletes and to compare the relationship between sleep-related outcomes and demographic factors to athletes from a higher ...
Marelise, Badenhorst, James, Brown, Phoebe, Runciman, Osnat, Fliess-Douer, Wayne, Derman   +4 more
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Voices: para athletes speak

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 2017
AbstractQualitative researchers in the social sciences have been benefitting from using poetic forms to analyse and represent their research findings for about two decades now and, while still not common, recently noted that sensory research has made a debut in sport.
Diane M. Culver, Penny Werthner
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Prevalence and incidence of health problems and their characteristics in Brazilian para athletes: A one-season single-center prospective pilot study.

Disability and Health Journal, 2023
BACKGROUND Para athletes experience high prevalence and incidence of health problems related to sport. Despite this, there are few longitudinal studies.
L. Pinheiro, Andressa Silva, F. Madaleno, E. Verhagen, M. D. de Mello, J. Ocarino, Renan Alves Resende   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Dietary assessment of 101 para-athletes from team and individual sports.

Nutrition Bulletin, 2023
Assessing the usual food intake of para-athletes enables knowledge and description of nutrient intakes, providing insight into the potential nutritional status of para-athletes and may help tailor dietary intake to their specific training needs.
C. Sasaki, T. H. D. da Costa
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Shoulder overuse injury history is associated with imbalanced strength functional ratio and bilateral asymmetry in overhead male Para athletes in resting and fatigued conditions.

American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to compare shoulder functional ratio and bilateral strength asymmetry between overhead Para athletes and able-bodied peers, and ascertain whether those factors could be associated with shoulder injury history in Para ...
Alexis Dupuy, M. Sorg, Claire Morel, Audrey Rudewicz, Etienne Colin, A. Blazevich, M. Rance, S. Ratel   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source