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Wheelchair sports medicine

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 1984Publisher:SAGE PublicationsJournal:The American Journal of Sports Medicine, volume 12, pages 128-132 (issn: 0363-5465, eissn: 1552-3365,

Authors: Julie G. Botvin Madorsky; Kathleen A Curtis;

doi: 10.1177/036354658401200207

pmid: 6234815

Wheelchair sports medicine

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Abstract

Wheelchair sports medicine involves the assessment of recreational and competitive sport capacities of physically disabled individuals, medical classification to allow fair competition among athletes with various types and degrees of disability, the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of athletic injuries, and research into the biomechanics and physiology of wheelchair athletics. Involvement in wheelchair sports medicine activities increases professional awareness and provides a valuable referral source for organized sports activities.

Related Organizations

University of California, Irvine
United States
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
United States
Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System
United States

Keywords

Adult, Persons with Disabilities, Wheelchairs, Recurrence, Athletic Injuries, Humans, Child, Sports Medicine, Physical Examination, Biomechanical Phenomena

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	impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network.	Average