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Paralympic Sports Medicine—Current Evidence in Winter Sport

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 2012
To highlight and discuss the considerations for the future development of equipment standards for Winter Paralympic sports.Literature searches were performed (in English) during May 2011 using the key words "technology, winter sport, Olympic, and Paralympic" in the computerized databases PubMed, PsycINFO, Science Direct, and Google Scholar. In addition,
Burkett, B J
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Involvement with the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the values of sport [PDF]

Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, 2023
This investigation aims (1) to describe how people associate sport with human values and (2) to analyse the relationship between media involvement with the Olympic Games and those values. Drawing upon the theory of human values (Rokeach, 1968), we tested
Claudio M Rocha, Hee Jung Hong, Otávio A Gratão   +2 more
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Intentional misrepresentation of abilities in Paralympic sport: a conceptual, ethical and legal analysis

Sport, Ethics and Philosophy
Classification is one of the distinctive features of Paralympic sport. Despite the existence of classification rules and a well-defined classification process, some Paralympic athletes intentionally misrepresent their abilities to classifiers in order to
Mike Mcnamee
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Antidoping in Paralympic Sport

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 2012
This study reports in detail on the antidoping program of the Paralympic Movement to improve knowledge and optimize intervention programs, including educational and awareness initiatives. Data retrieved from annual statistics reports and historical records are complemented with personal observations. An overall incidence proportion of
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PARALYMPIC SPORT AS A DIRECTION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISABILITY SPORTS

Գիտությունը սպորտում. արդի հիմնախնդիրներ, 2023
The Paralympic Games combine disabled sports with culture and education, as well as create a lifestyle based on educational values. The purpose of the research is to study and represent the role of Paralympic sports in the development of disability sports.
A. G. Harutyunyan, A. G. Stepanyan
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Descriptive Epidemiology of Paralympic Sports Injuries

PM&R, 2014
AbstractParalympic sports have seen an exponential increase in participation since 16 patients took part in the first Stoke Mandeville Games on the opening day of the 1948 London Olympic Games. More than 4,000 athletes took part in the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Few sporting events have seen such rapid evolution.
Nick, Webborn, Carolyn, Emery
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Paralympic Sport as a Vehicle for Teaching Tolerance Toyoung People

Procedia, Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2016
This article is concerned with teaching tolerance to youth through Paralympic sport. The Paralympic Movement offers a range of tools to effectively achieve this goal.
Belousov, Lev
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Paralympics and Disability Sport

2016
1. Introduction: 2. Interrogating disability: the (de)composition of a recovering Paralympian 3. See the sport, not the disability: exploring the Paralympic paradox 4. The role of coaches of wheelchair rugby in the development of athletes with a spinal cord injury 5. Coaches of athletes with a physical disability: a look at their learning experiences 6.
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Paralympism, Paralympic values and disability sport: a conceptual and ethical critique

Disability and Rehabilitation, 2016
This paper explores the conceptual content of Paralympism. It exists by exploring the nascent normative framework that the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has begun to construct around its constituent sports. The IPC sets out four values: Courage, Determination, Inspiration and Equality.Drawing on philosophical ethical methods it offers a ...
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Expanding on Research in Para Sport and Paralympic Sport

American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 2023
Jan, Lexell, Walter R, Frontera
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