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- Title
"AND THEREBY HANGS A TALE": CURRENT MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC CONTROVERSIES IN PARALYMPIC SPORT.
- Authors
TUAKLI-WOSORNU, YETSA A.
- Abstract
The Paralympic Games have experienced a meteoric rise in popularity, media coverage, and participation over the past decade. In September, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil hosted one of the most highly contested and well-subscribed Paralympic Games in the event's 56-year history. As the competitive stakes rise, the sophistication of adaptive technology increases and the broader Paralympic Movement matures, medical and scientific controversies in Paralympic sport become increasingly complex. The aim of this article is to highlight select controversies facing the athletes, coaches, physicians, and scientists of the modern-day Paralympic Movement, and to contextualize those controversies in a practical, case-based format. Ultimately, the unique medical and scientific controversies of Paralympic sport, and the athletes' stories that incite them, set the stage for exciting new ground to be broken in sports medicine, sports science, ethics, and adaptive technology.
- Subjects
BRAIN concussion; CONFLICT (Psychology); ATHLETES with disabilities; SPORTS for people with disabilities; TESTOSTERONE; WHEELCHAIR sports; ERGOGENIC aids
- Publication
Palaestra, 2016, Vol 30, Issue 3, p9
- ISSN
8756-5811
- Publication type
Article