Table Of ContentHandbook of Sports
Medicine and Science
Training and Coaching the
Paralympic Athlete
Handbook of Sports
Medicine and Science
Training and Coaching the
Paralympic Athlete
EDITED BY
Yves C. Vanlandewijck PhD
DepartmentofRehabilitationSciences
KatholiekeUniversiteitLeuven
Leuven
Belgium
Walter R. Thompson PhD
CollegeofEducationandHumanDevelopment
GeorgiaStateUniversity
Atlanta,GA
USA
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Contents
Contributors,vi 7 Researchneedsforthedevelopment
ForewordbyIOCPresidentThomas ofevidence-basedsystemsof
Bach,ix classificationforphysical,vision,and
ForewordbyIPCPresidentSirPhilip intellectualimpairments,122
Craven,xi SeanM.Tweedy,DavidMann,andYves
C.Vanlandewijck
1 IntroductiontotheParalympic
8 Sportandtechnology,150
Movement,1
OsnatFliess-Douer,BarryMason,Larry
WalterR.Thompson
Katz,andChi-hungRaymondSo
2 Biomechanicsandergonomics,21
9 Contributionofsportscienceto
HelcovanKeeken,SonjadeGroot,Riemer
performance:Wheelchairrugby,172
Vegter,andLucasvanderWoude
YvesC.Vanlandewijck
3 Physiology,53
10 Contributionofsportsscienceto
ClaudioPerretandThomasAbel
performance:Swimming,199
4 Paralympicsportsmedicine,75 BrendanBurkett
CheriA.Blauwet,JanLexell,andWayneDerman
11 Contributionofsportscienceto
5 ThepsychologyofParalympiansand performance:Nordicskiing,216
mentalpreparation,96 VesaLinnamo,WalterRapp,andStefan
JeffreyJ.Martin J.Lindinger
6 Sociologyofsportandcoaching,108
Index,237
P.DavidHowe
v
Contributors
Thomas Abel, PhD Osnat Fliess-Douer, PhD
ProfessorforParalympicSport,InstituteofMovement DirectorofAquaticTherapyandAdaptedSwimming
andNeurosciences,GermanSportUniversity,Cologne, Programs,ZinmanCollegeforPhysicalEducationand
Germany,EuropeanResearchGroupinDisabilitySports SportSciences,WingateInstitute,Netanja,Israel
Cheri A. Blauwet, MD P. David Howe, PhD
MedicalCommittee,InternationalParalympic SocialAnthropologistofSport,SchoolofSport,
Committee;DepartmentofPhysicalMedicineand ExerciseandHealthSciences,Loughborough
Rehabilitation,SpauldingRehabilitationHospitaland University,Loughborough,UK
theBrighamandWomen’sHospital,HarvardMedical
School,Boston,MA,USA Larry Katz, PhD
ProfessorandDirector,SportTechnologyResearch
Brendan Burkett, PhD Laboratory(STRL),FacultyofKinesiology,Universityof
SchoolofHealthandSportSciences,Universityofthe Calgary,Calgary,Canada
SunshineCoast,Queensland,Australia
Jan Lexell, MD,PhD
Sonja de Groot, PhD MedicalCommittee,InternationalParalympic
SeniorResearcher,AmsterdamRehabilitationResearch Committee;DepartmentofHealthSciences,Lund
Center|Reade,Amsterdam,TheNetherlands; UniversityandDepartmentofNeurologyand
UniversityofGroningen,UniversityMedicalCenter RehabilitationMedicine,Ska˚neUniversityHospital,
Groningen,CenterforHumanMovementSciences, Lund,Sweden
Groningen,TheNetherlands
Stefan J. Lindinger, PhD
Wayne Derman, PhD AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofSportScienceand
MedicalCommittee,InternationalParalympic Kinesiology,UniversityofSalzburg,Salzburg,Austria
Committee;UniversityofCapeTownResearchUnitfor
SportsScience&ExerciseMedicine,CapeTown,South Vesa Linnamo, PhD
Africa;InternationalOlympicCommitteeResearch Professor,HeadofSportsTechnologyUnit,Department
Center,UniversityofCapeTown,CapeTown,South ofBiologyofPhysicalActivity,UniversityofJyva¨skyla¨,
Africa Jyva¨skyla¨,Finland
vi
Contributors vii
David Mann, PhD Sean M. Tweedy, PhD
IPCClassificationResearchPartner–Vision IPCClassificationResearchPartner–Physical
Impairment,ResearchInstituteMOVEAmsterdam, Impairment,UniversityofQueensland,Schoolof
FacultyofHumanMovementSciences,VUUniversity, HumanMovementandNutritionSciences,Brisbane,
Amsterdam,TheNetherlands Australia
Jeffrey J. Martin, PhD Lucas van der Woude, PhD
Professor,DivisionofKinesiology,Health,andSport ProfessorofHumanMovementSciences,Rehabilitation
Studies,WayneStateUniversity,Detroit,MI,USA andFunctionalRecovery,UniversityofGroningen,
UniversityMedicalCenterGroningen,Centerfor
Barry Mason, PhD HumanMovementSciences&Departmentof
SeniorResearchAssociate,PeterHarrisonCentrefor RehabilitationMedicine,Groningen,TheNetherlands
DisabilitySport,SchoolofSport,Exercise&Health
Sciences,LoughboroughUniversity,Loughborough,UK Yves C. Vanlandewijck, PhD,PT
ProfessorofRehabilitationSciences,Facultyof
Claudio Perret, PhD KinesiologyandRehabilitationSciences,KULeuven,
InstituteofSportsMedicine,SwissParaplegicCentre, Leuven,Belgium
Nottwil,Switzerland;EuropeanResearchGroupin
DisabilitySports Helco van Keeken, PhD
AssistantProfessor,UniversityofGroningen,University
Walter Rapp, PhD MedicalCenterGroningen,CenterforHuman
DepartmentofSportandSportScience,Universityof MovementSciences,Groningen,TheNetherlands
Freiburg,Freiburg,Germany
Riemer Vegter, PhD
Chi-hung Raymond So, PhD AssistantProfessor,UniversityofGroningen,University
DirectorofEliteTrainingScienceandTechnology MedicalCenterGroningen,CenterforHuman
Division,HongKongSportsInstitute,HongKong, MovementSciences,Groningen,TheNetherlands
China
Walter R. Thompson, PhD,FACSM,FAACVPR
Regents’ProfessorandAssociateDeanforGraduate
StudiesandResearch,CollegeofEducationandHuman
Development,GeorgiaStateUniversity,Atlanta,
GeorgiaUSA
