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The political process of constructing a sustainable London Olympics sports development legacy [PDF]
, 2009 This study attempts to develop a research agenda for understanding the process of constructing a sustainable Olympic sports development legacy. The research uses a social constructivist perspective to examine the link between the 2012 London Olympic ...
Hills, L +3 more
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World and European Rowing Medallists Pace With Smaller Variation Than Their Competitors
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2021 Purpose: To establish the relation between pacing pattern and performance, within sex, and number of crew members, at the very highest performance level in World class rowing.Methods: Pacing profiles based on official 500 m split times in 106 A-finals ...
Fredrik Mentzoni +2 more
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Psychometric Evidence of the Coping Inventory for Brazilian Paralympic Athletes in Competition Situations [PDF]
Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto), 2022 Paralympic athletes face stressful situations in sports competitions daily, and assessing how they cope with these situations is important. This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Coping Inventory for Brazilian Paralympic Athletes
Rafaela Bertoldi +5 more
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Psychological characteristics of paralympic athletes’ self-realisation
Social Welfare: Interdisciplinary Approach, 2016 The Paralympic sport has become an important tool for post-traumatic recovery, adaptation, integration and social inclusion of people with disabilities.
Oleg M. Kokun, Oleksandr M. Shamych
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Sports Medicine and Health Science, 2022 Altered biomechanics due to amputation can contribute to substantial limitations, influencing sporting activities. Individuals with lower extremity amputations or congenital lower limb deficiency are encouraged to participate in para-sports.
Fábio C. Lucas de Oliveira +9 more
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The cyborgification of paralympic sport [PDF]
Movement & Sport Sciences - Science & Motricité, 2017 Since the turn of the century, the Paralympic movement has gained a high public profile. We will argue that this new high profile is a direct result of the focus of media attention upon new technologies of prosthetic medicine that have helped to create a legion of cyborg bodies that is manifest in the image of the contemporary sporting supercrip.
Howe, PD, Silva, CF
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Factors Influencing the Training Process of Paralympic Women Athletes
Sports, 2023 (1) Background: Paralympic women athletes in their training process go through a series of interrelated stages which are parallel to their evolutionary development, during which a wide variety of psychological, social, and biological factors will have an
Manuel Rodríguez Macías +2 more
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Disability Sports from Charity towards Partnerships - Case: Finnish Paralympic Committee [PDF]
, 2020 The main goal of this Master´s Thesis is to analyse what motivates the business stakeholders to support disability sport. Future support from the government is uncertain so there is a huge need for this study to understand and attract more business ...
Mäkynen, Timo
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Sport Motivation of Paralympic Athletes after Injury
Jurnal Pendidikan Jasmani dan Olahraga, 2021 Motivation for performing sport is complex because most athletes have multiple motivations, including extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. Understanding the motivation dynamics of athletes, especially after a sports injury, is crucial because the injury ...
D Deasyanti +2 more
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Sports Injuries in Paralympic Track and Field Athletes with Visual Impairment
, 2015 MAGNO E SILVA, M. P., C. WINCKLER, A. A. COSTA E SILVA, J. BILZON, and E. DUARTE. Sports Injuries in Paralympic Track and Field Athletes with Visual Impairment. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 908-913, 2013.
Duarte, E +4 more
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