RT Book, Section
A1 Broad, Elizabeth
A1 Crawshay, Siobhan
A2 Burke, Louise
A2 Deakin, Vicki
A2 Minehan, Michelle
SR Print(0)
ID 1185565321
T1 Special Needs: The Paralympic Athlete
T2 Clinical Sports Nutrition, 6e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw Hill Education (Australia) Pty Ltd
PP New York, NY
SN 9781743767900
LK accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1185565321
RD 2023/02/01
AB Sport  and  exercise  have  long  been  recognised  as  important  components  in  the  therapy  and  rehabilitation  of  people  with  physical  or  intellectual  impairments.  However,  since  the  inception  of  the  Summer  Paralympic  Games  in  1960  and  the  Winter  Paralympic  Games  in  1992,  there  has  been  a  dramatic  increase  in  the  number  of  individuals  with  impairments  training  and  competing  at  high  levels.  Performance  standards  continue  to  improve  and  Paralympic  athletes  therefore  need  to  train  to  the  same  intensity  and  with  the  same  structure  and  planning  as  non-disabled  athletes.  Even  in  non-Paralympic  sports,  athletes  with  impairments  are  accomplishing  challenging  feats,  such  as  individuals  with  paraplegia  swimming  the  English  Channel  and  completing  the  Hawaii  Ironman  Triathlon.