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Biology and Management of Male‐Bodied Athletes in Elite Female Sports

open access: yesDrug Testing and Analysis, Volume 17, Issue 9, Page 1703-1714, September 2025.
Graphical representation of the relationships of transgender and XY DSDF as male‐bodied athletes along the binary dimensions of biological sex. ABSTRACT The physical advantages in elite power sports that allow men to surpass women are derived from the experience of male puberty.
David J. Handelsman, Stéphane Bermon
wiley   +1 more source

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

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Governance of the London 2012 Olympic Games legacy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
© The Author(s) 2011. This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below.This study addresses the governance of the London 2012 Olympics legacy.
Vassil Girginov   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Perspectives on mental health and well-being Voices of Swiss Paralympic athletes

open access: yesSports 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 ...
Lucas Lüdi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intensity And Energy Expenditure Of Sports In Elite Paralympic Athletes With Locomotor Disabilities

open access: yes, 2009
Symposium Lessons Learned on the Road to Vancouver (Olympic and Paralympic Friday 3:15PM-5:15PM Andrew Pipe,FACSM,University of Ottawa Sports Medicine Issues Committee) Heart Institute Randall L.Wilber,FACSM,United States Olympic Committee Jos de ...
FAIOLA, FABIO   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Comparative Sport Policy Analysis and Paralympic Sport

open access: yes, 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 ...
Dowling, Mathew   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Tracking changes in everyday experiences of disability and disability sport within the context of the 2012 London Paralympics

open access: yes, 2014
The 2012 Paralympics was the biggest ever, the most accessible and best attended in its 64-year history. The Paralympics and ideas of disability associated with the Games provide significant opportunity for reflection on how far societal opinions ...
Molesworth, Mike   +4 more
core  

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]

open access: yesPeerJ
Purpose 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
doaj   +2 more sources

Contribution of sports science to performance : swimming

open access: yes, 2016
Part of the esteemed IOC Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science series, this new volume on Training and Coaching the Paralympic Athlete will be athlete-centred with each chapter written for the practical use of medical doctors and allied health ...
Burkett, B J, Brendan Burkett
core   +1 more source

On the question of periodization training content and Paralympic athletes with disorders of the musculoskeletal system in the light of the general theory of sports training

open access: yesPedagogics, Psychology, Medical-Biological Problems of Physical Training and Sports, 2014
Purpose : To determine theoretically similar trends and differences in the periods of sports training athletes and Paralympic athletes with similar qualifications, without disabilities. Material : analyzed more than 80 references.
V.N. Derkach, G.A. Yedinak
doaj   +1 more source

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