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Spinal Pain Prevalence and Characteristics among Male Athletes with Disabilities

open access: yesJournal of Modern Rehabilitation, 2023
Introduction: Chronic pain is a serious secondary problem for many individuals with disabilities. Materials and Methods: A total of 231 disabled athletes invited to compete in a multi-sport national sports tournament for para-athletes in Ahvaz, Iran ...
Ataollah Shahbandi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Corticospinal Excitability Is Modulated as a Function of Postural Perturbation Predictability

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2018
Recent studies demonstrated that the corticospinal pathway is one of the key nodes for the feedback control of human standing and that the excitability is flexibly changed according to the current state of posture.
Kimiya Fujio   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sports activities of persons with disabilities and architectural barriers [PDF]

open access: yesZdravstvena zastita, 2018
Introduction: The realization of sports activities of persons with disabilities requires, above all, the accessibility of sports facilities and sports grounds. Architectural barriers are physical barriers within a built environment, which restrict or completely disable the wheelchair users.
Kljajić, Dragana   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Learn 2 Move 16-24: effectiveness of an intervention to stimulate physical activity and improve physical fitness of adolescents and young adults with spastic cerebral palsy; a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background: Persons with cerebral palsy (CP) are at risk for developing an inactive lifestyle and often have poor fitness levels, which may lead to secondary health complications and diminished participation and quality of life.
Lindeman, E. (Eline)   +41 more
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Locomotor adaptation: Significance and underlying neural mechanisms

open access: yesJournal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 2015
Human locomotion is flexible in meeting the requirements of given environmental or task demands. Hence, in everyday life, we can walk, run, and skip in environmental surroundings that vary from hour to hour and even from second to second.
Tetsuya Ogawa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Presetting of the Corticospinal Excitability in the Tibialis Anterior Muscle in Relation to Prediction of the Magnitude and Direction of Postural Perturbations

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2019
The prediction of upcoming perturbation modulates postural responses in the ankle muscles. The effects of this prediction on postural responses vary according to predictable factors.
Kimiya Fujio   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

[READ] ACSM's Exercise Management for Persons With Chronic Diseases and Disabilities Full PDF

open access: yes, 2020
Read Or Download ACSM's Exercise Management for Persons With Chronic Diseases and Disabilities Full Books By by American College of Sports Medicine (Author), Geoffrey E. Moore (Editor), J. Larry Durstine (Editor), Patricia L.
[READ] ACSM's Exercise Management for Persons With Chronic Diseases and Disabilities Full PDF
core   +1 more source

Actigraphy-Based Sleep Parameters in Wheelchair Basketball Athletes: Influence of Training and Competition Load

open access: yesSleep Science, 2023
Objective This study aimed to analyze the actigraphy-based sleep parameters in wheelchair basketball (WB) athletes during the 3 weeks leading up to the playoffs, the week of playoffs, and the week after playoffs.
Marcos López-Flores   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alarming low physical activity levels in Chilean adults with disabilities during COVID-19 pandemic: a representative national survey analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundPeople with disabilities usually face barriers to regularly engaging in physical activities. Estimating physical activity patterns are necessary to elaborate policies and strategies to facilitate active lifestyles, considering the particular ...
Matías Henríquez   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Examination of Elite Physically Disabled Athletes' Motivation Levels of Participation in Sports

open access: yes, 2021
Determining which motivation source athletes have is important as it will ensure that correct and effective steps are taken to ensure success. The study focuses on examining the motivation of elite physically disabled athletes to participate in sports ...
Abdullah GÜMÜŞAY   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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