The Athlete with a Disability

Books

Sports Neurology
BD Jordan, PT Tsairis, RF Worren
Lippincott-Raven Publishers, Philadelphia 1998

International Paralympic Committee handbook.
Brugge, Belgium : IPC 1994

International Sports Organization of the disabled Handbook, Toronto : ISOD, 1994

Cerebral Palsy – International Sports and Recreation Association (CP-ISRA). Classification and sports rules mannual, 6 th ed: Edwalton Nottingham, UK: CP-ISRA, 1993

Reviews

Dec KL; Sparrow KJ, Mc Keag DB:
The physically-challenged athlete : medical issues and assessment
Sports Med 29, 245-58 (2000)

Ferrara MS, Peterson CL:
Injuries to athletes with disabilities : identifying injury patterns
Sports Med 30; 137-43 (2000)

Begeron JW:
Athletes with disabilities.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America; 10; 1; 213-28 (1999)

Schmid A, Huonker M, Stober P, Barturen JM, Schmidt-Trucksäss A, Dürr H, Vipel HJ, Keul J :
Physical performance and cardiovascular and metabolic adaptation of elite female wheelchair basketball players in wheelchair ergometry and in competition
Am J Phys Med Rehab 77: 527-33, 1998

Jacob T, Hutzler Y :
Sports medical assessment for athletes with a disability
Disabil Rehabil 20 ;116-9 (1998)

Mc Cann C:
Sports for the disabled : the evolution from rehabilitation to competitive sport.
Br J Sports Med 30 ; 279-80 (1996)

Noreau L, Shepard RJ:
Spinal cord injury, exercise and quality of life.
Sports Medicine 20; 226-50 (1995)

Keywords

disability, paralympic, wheelchair, rehabilitation, spinal cord injury


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