Organizations (NSOs) and often Provincial Sport Organizations (PSOs) are increasingly mandated to support parasports and para-athletes throughout the athlete development pathway. Evidence suggests, however, that the integrated parasport model in Canada has not become the bastion of inclusion that it was
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Danielle Peers, Timothy Konoval, and Rebecca Marsh Naturkach
Darda Sales and Laura Misener
(referred to in this article as para athletes; Sport for Life, 2013 ). No Accidental Champions Describes some of the opportunities and challenges that face persons with permanent disabilities in pursuing sport and physical activity and how the Canadian sport system can best accommodate their needs for
Hannah Macdougall, Paul O’Halloran, Emma Sherry, and Nora Shields
The well-being needs and strengths of para-athletes in a global and sport-specific context were investigated across subjective psychological, social, and physical health and well-being dimensions. Data were drawn from (a) semistructured interviews with Australian para-athletes (n = 23), (b) a focus group with the Australian Paralympic Committee (n = 9), and (c) a confirmatory para-athlete focus group (n = 8). The well-being needs and strengths of para-athletes differed across gender, sport, level of competition, and nature of impairment. Well-being needs were an interaction between physical pain, emotional regulation, lacking purpose outside of sport, and a lack of self-acceptance, especially for athletes with acquired impairments. Well-being strengths were perceived to increase as athletes increased their level of competition, and included personal growth, optimism, strong social support networks, and contributing to multiple communities. The importance of well-being as a multidimensional concept within the global and sport-specific context for para-athletes is discussed.
Damian Haslett, Javier Monforte, Inhyang Choi, and Brett Smith
, Bundon, and Best ( 2016 ) defined Para athlete activism as the action taken by disabled athletes to create sociopolitical change by resisting and transforming discourses, attitudes, nonverbal acts, policies, and environmental structures that can socially oppress disabled people in their everyday lives
Frederico Ribeiro Neto, Irineu Loturco, Guilherme Henrique Lopes, Jefferson Rodrigues Dorneles, José Irineu Gorla, and Rodrigo Rodrigues Gomes Costa
vertical jumps, which have been associated with competitive performance 6 and used to assess fatigue 7 in Olympic sport disciplines, the MBT is a fast, feasible, and accessible test to measure performance outcomes in para-athletes. However, it is necessary to determine whether the MBT presents strong and
Andreia Bauermann, Karina S.G. de Sá, Zilda A. Santos, and Anselmo A. Costa e Silva
literature, looking for articles referenced in other publications. The search strategy for terms within the subject heading, title, and abstract and included the following terms: diet, food, nutrition, nutritional sciences, requirements, status, quality and value, athletic performance, para-athlete
Jacqueline Martins Patatas, Jens De Rycke, Veerle De Bosscher, and Rafael Lima Kons
models, it is necessary to generate a foundational understanding of the parasport-specific factors that may influence para-athletes’ development. Extending this line of inquiry, the study of Patatas, De Bosscher, Derom, and Winckler ( 2020 ) proposed developmental phases specific for athletic career
Inhyang Choi, Damian Haslett, Javier Monforte, and Brett Smith
, I. , & Smith , B . ( 2020 ). Para athlete activism: A qualitative examination of disability activism through Paralympic sport in Ireland . Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 47 ( 3 ), 101639 . doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2019.101639 10.1016/j.psychsport.2019.101639 Haslett , D. , Monforte , J
Luca Puce, Ilaria Pallecchi, Lucio Marinelli, Maria May, Laura Mori, Piero Ruggeri, and Marco Bove
also contribute to motor disability, limiting joint range of motion and antagonist muscle strength. This is particularly an issue for para-athletes affected by UMNS, in which spasticity, as well as co-contraction and inexhaustible clonus in fatigued conditions, particularly in the lower limbs, may
Debbie Van Biesen, Jennifer Mactavish, Janne Kerremans, and Yves C. Vanlandewijck
Evidence-based classification systems in Paralympic sport require knowledge of the underlying effect of impairment in a specific sport. This study investigated the relationship between cognition and tactical proficiency in 88 well-trained table tennis players with intellectual disability (ID; 29 women, 59 men, M ± SD IQ 59.9 ± 9.6). Data were collected at 3 competitions sanctioned by the International Federation for Para-Athletes with Intellectual Disabilities (INAS). A generic cognitive test consisting of 8 neuropsychological subtests was used to assess cognitive abilities relevant to sport (reaction time, processing speed, and decision speed; spatial visualization; fluid reasoning; memory; executive functioning; and visual processing). The backward stepwise-regression analysis model revealed that 18% of the variance in tactical proficiency was attributed to spatial visualization and simple reaction time. Applications of these findings resulted in an evidence-based classification system that led to the reinclusion of athletes with ID in Paralympic table tennis and provide the basis for future research in this important area.
