, 2020 With a few exceptions, media visibility and representation of people with disabilities is scarce. It is biased and anchored in stigma, distorting their image and hindering their full social participation.
Olga Kolotouchkina +7 more
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, 2020 This chapter explores the best evidence for the delivery of health-related legacies through physical activity and sport from Olympic and Paralympic Games. It then examines policy, strategy and outcomes for health-related legacies though physical activity
Weed, M.
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Routledge Handbook of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
, 2021 This handbook offers an important and timely contribution to the interdisciplinary field of Olympic studies. It brings together for the first time in a single volume a complete analysis of current and future economic, commercial, socio-political ...
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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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Exercise type, training load, velocity loss threshold, and sets affect the relationship between lifting velocity and perceived repetitions in reserve in strength-trained individuals [PDF]
PeerJPurpose To explore the relationship between bar velocity and perceived repetitions in reserve (pRIR) for the bench press and the squat exercises during multiple training sessions in strength-trained individuals. Methods Nineteen well-trained individuals (
Gøran Paulsen +3 more
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Assessment of Body Composition and Sport Performance of Brazilian Paralympic Swim Team Athletes
, 2016 Context: Body-composition assessments of high-performance athletes are very important for identifying physical performance potential. Although the relationship between the kinanthropometric characteristics and performance abilities of Olympic swimmers is
Lemos, Valdir de Aquino [UNIFESP] +10 more
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Perspectives on mental health and well-being
Sports Psychiatry: Introduction: The aim of this study is to provide an overview of Paralympic athletes’ views on mental health in a competitive sport context. Although research in the field of Paralympic sport has increased exponentially over the last two decades ...
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The Inclusive Management of Paralympic Sport
, 2014 We ground our understanding of the disability in the social model (e.g. Barnes, Mercer and Shakespeare, 2010), supporting that the responsibility for the disability lies with the society rather than in the individual (as conceptualized in the medical ...
European Association for Sociology of Sport (EASS)Conference +2 more
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Construire et assurer l’héritage des Jeux olympiques et paralympiques. Pour une inclusion sportive durable des personnes vivant des situations de handicap = Build and ensure the legacy of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Towards a sustainable sports inclusion of disabled people [PDF]
, 2019 Mobiliser les Jeux olympiques et paralympiques pour construire une société plus inclusive et solidaire est au cœur du projet 'Paris 2024'. À ce titre, améliorer la visibilité et la participation sportive des personnes handicapées est une ambition forte ...
Pappous, Athanasios Sakis +9 more
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Beyond olympic legacy: Understanding paralympic legacy through a thematic analysis
, 2013 Over the last decade a great deal of work has examined major sport event legacies and event leverage. Much of this work has involved Olympic studies and this paper seeks to add to the body of knowledge surrounding major sport event legacies by examining ...
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