Doping in Paralympic sport: perceptions, responsibility and anti-doping education experiences from the perspective of Paralympic athletes and parasport coaches [PDF]
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2023 IntroductionLimited effort has been invested in understanding doping in Paralympic sport. The limited evidence that exists suggests that factors influencing doping in parasport are similar to Olympic sport.
Ian Boardley +2 more
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"A More Equitable Society": The Politics of Global Fairness in Paralympic Sport. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The Paralympic Movement explicitly sets out to create a more equitable society and promote participation for all and fairness in disability sport. This is primarily achieved through the use of a range of interventions with less attention given to how ...
Leslie Swartz +5 more
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Determining capacity and barriers to disability sport development: the international federation of cerebral palsy football membership perspective [PDF]
Frontiers in Sports and Active LivingPreviously managed by the Cerebral Palsy International Sport and Recreation Association, Cerebral Palsy (CP)-Football is a para-sport for individuals with neurological impairments such as cerebral palsy, stroke, traumatic brain injury or similar ...
S. G. Arthur-Banning +3 more
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Frontiers in Sports and Active LivingIntroductionWomen 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 ...
Javier Pérez-Tejero
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A Comparative Study of Injury and Illness Incidence Between Pediatric Olympic and Paralympic Athletes During the Paris 2024 Games [PDF]
Orthopaedic Journal of Sports MedicineBackground: Elite pediatric athletes face unique physiological and developmental challenges that influence their risk of injury and illness. Specifically, pediatric Paralympic athletes encounter additional barriers due to underlying impairments and, in ...
Lauren Antonio +7 more
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2021 The purpose of this study was to explore the status of Paralympic hopefuls' athletic identity and how this identity was impacted by the training and competition cessation resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Michael Cottingham, Tiao Hu
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Neuromuscular and Balance Performance Across the Fundamental Preparation Period in Elite Athletes with Lower Limb Deficiencies: A Retrospective Case Series [PDF]
SportsOptimizing neuromuscular strength and balance is essential for performance and injury prevention in elite Paralympic sport. However, limited evidence describes how these parameters change over time during specific phases of the training season in ...
Luca Cavaggioni +7 more
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Comparative Sport Policy Analysis and Paralympic Sport
, 2018 This chapter introduces the reader to discussions surrounding comparative sport policy literature and begins to reflect upon how comparative sport policy research might be informed by, and applied to, the Paralympic sporting context. In doing so, the chapter identifies a number of challenges in applying what have historically been able-bodied centric ...
Mathew Dowling
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Emotional regulation as factor of commitment to paralympic sports
European Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction Commitment to sports is especially important for well-being in people with disabilities (Malm et al., 2019), although mental health problems are common among Paralympic athletes (Hunt et al., 2019).
A. Yavorovskaya +4 more
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Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 2022 IntroductionParatriathlon allows competition for athletes with various physical impairments. The wheelchair category stands out from other paratriathlon categories, since competing in swimming, handcycling, and wheelchair racing entails substantial ...
Oliver J. Quittmann +7 more
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