Results 61 to 70 of about 2,342 (166)

Factors influencing sport development among women with disabilities: a case study of a visually impaired Spanish Paralympic woman

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
IntroductionWomen with disabilities may experience particular difficulties in starting and developing in sport, also in the Paralympic context. Although a great deal of research has been conducted with high-performance athletes, relatively few studies ...
Alejandro Barrera-Garcimartín, Áurea Redondo-Fernández, Javier Pérez-Tejero   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Keeping Athletes Healthy at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games: Considerations and Illness Prevention Strategies

Frontiers in Physiology, 2019
Keeping athletes healthy will be important for optimal athletic performance at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Athletes will be exposed to several stressors during the preparatory and competition phases of the Summer Games that have ...
Lauren C. Keaney, Andrew E. Kilding, Fabrice Merien, Fabrice Merien, Deborah K. Dulson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Empower Our Growth as Athletes: Voices of Swedish Athletes With Intellectual Disability

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, Volume 38, Issue 5, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Background People with intellectual disability participate in organised sports to a lesser extent than people in general. The aim of this study was to explore the motivation for engaging in sports among athletes using the theoretical framework of sense of belonging.
Johanna Oskarsson, Eva Flygare Wallén, Kim Wickman, Marie Lund Ohlsson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resilience, stress and recovery among paralympics athletes during pre-competitive phase

Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano
This study investigated whether the level of resilience of Paralympic athletics athletes in a pre-competitive period was impacted by sociodemographic and stress variables. 107 Paralympic athletics athletes (92 men and 15 women) with a mean age of 32.25 ±
Gabriel Lucas Morais Freire, Lenamar Fiorese, José Fernando Vila Nova de Moraes, Sherdson Emanoel da Silva Xavier, Daniel Vicentini de Oliveira, José Roberto Andrade do Nascimento Júnior   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of Bruxism in Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, Volume 52, Issue 9, Page 1518-1543, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Background Bruxism is a behaviour that can be associated with negative health consequences, which may be exacerbated in athletes due to their exposure to anxiety situations during pre‐competition and competition periods. Objective This study aimed to synthesise available scientific evidence investigating the prevalence of sleep and/or awake ...
Alka Daby Nascimento de Sales, Renata de Albuquerque Cavalcanti Almeida, Anila Thais Lucena Barbosa, Jakelline Cipriano dos Santos Raposo, Jânio Luiz Correia Júnior, Beatriz de Araújo Gusmão, Ricardo Freitas Dias, Fabiana de Godoy   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intellectual disability sport and Paralympic classification

Acta Universitatis Carolinae Kinanthropologica, 2017
Sometimes it might seem that elite disability sport, especially as represented by the Paralympic Movement, is only for athletes with an amputation, or a spinal cord injury, or cerebral palsied or blind athletes, rather than for athletes with an ...
Anna van Dijk, Klára Daďová, Irena Martínková   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimizing health through education: The Adaptive Health Education on Activity and Diet (AHEAD) program

PM&R, Volume 17, Issue 8, Page 896-904, August 2025.
Abstract Background Studies have shown that athletes with disabilities (AWDs) are often not provided with injury prevention and health promotion strategies via educational programs. Objective To assess the impact of a novel educational interventional workshop on the healthy lifestyle knowledge and implementation in a cohort of AWDs using a community ...
Olumide Sokunbi, Kevin Ozment, Kelsey LeFevour, Derek Daniels, Melissa Kolski, Jessica Curran, Rebecca Housh, Lexi Thornton, Christine M. Gagnon, Manasi Sheth, Prakash Jayabalan   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Passing as Able‐Bodyminded, Disabled, or Supercrip: Rethinking Impression Management Strategies Through a Disability Lens

Symbolic Interaction, Volume 48, Issue 3, Page 293-314, August 2025.
This paper further develops the interactionist notion of passing from a disability studies perspective. Drawing on central disability studies journals' archives in the course of a theoretical PhD project that explores disability studies' theorizing of emotions, passing emerged as one of several issues of emotional relevance in the context of disability—
Yvonne Wechuli
wiley   +1 more source

3D Mitochondrial Structure in Aging Human Skeletal Muscle: Insights Into MFN‐2‐Mediated Changes

Aging Cell, Volume 24, Issue 7, July 2025.
Changes in mitochondrial structure and dynamics during aging provide a mechanism for the development of age‐related sarcopenia, a condition characterized by muscle mass loss. Through the creation of three‐dimensional models of mitochondria from quadriceps muscle tissue taken from old and young humans, a loss in mitochondrial complexity was observed to ...
Estevão Scudese, Andrea G. Marshall, Zer Vue, Vernat Exil, Benjamin I. Rodriguez, Mert Demirci, Larry Vang, Edgar Garza López, Kit Neikirk, Bryanna Shao, Han Le, Dominique Stephens, Duane D. Hall, Rahmati Rostami, Taylor Rodman, Kinuthia Kabugi, Jian‐qiang Shao, Margaret Mungai, Salma T. AshShareef, Innes Hicsasmaz, Sasha Manus, Celestine N. Wanjalla, Aaron Whiteside, Revathi Dasari, Clintoria R. Williams, Steven M. Damo, Jennifer A. Gaddy, Brian Glancy, Estélio Henrique Martin Dantas, André Kinder, Ashlesha Kadam, Dhanendra Tomar, Fabiana Scartoni, Matheus Baffi, Melanie R. McReynolds, Mark A. Phillips, Anthonya Cooper, Sandra A. Murray, Anita M. Quintana, Nelson Wandira, Okwute M. Ochayi, Magdalene Ameka, Annet Kirabo, Sepiso K. Masenga, Chanel Harris, Ashton Oliver, Pamela Martin, Amadou Gaye, Olga Korolkova, Vineeta Sharma, Bret C. Mobley, Prasanna Katti, Antentor Hinton   +52 more
wiley   +1 more source

Features of morbidity and sports injuries of Paralympic athletes at the 2024 Summer Paralympic Games in Paris

Спортивная медицина: наука и практика
Objective. To identify common patterns, patterns of morbidity and risk factors for injury among Paralympic athletes in summer sports on the resultsof study morbidity and injury of Russian Paralympic athletes at the 2024 Summer Paralympic Games in Paris ...
G. Z. Idrisova, A. I. Magay
doaj   +1 more source