Illness Among Paralympic Athletes Epidemiology, Risk Markers, and Preventative Strategies

Dina Christina Janse Van Rensburg; Martin Schwellnus; Wayne Derman; Nick Webborn

doi:10.1016/j.pmr.2018.01.003

Illness Among Paralympic Athletes Epidemiology, Risk Markers, and Preventative Strategies

Dina Christina Janse Van Rensburg, Martin Schwellnus, Wayne Derman, Nick Webborn

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Abstract

The Paralympic movement, through its International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Medical Code, is committed to ensure athlete health, and the IPC encourages all initiatives and measures to minimize the risk of injury and illness in Paralympic athletes (https://www.paralympic.org/ice-hockey/athletes/health; accessed 25 August 2017).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	185-203
Number of pages	19
Journal	Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America
Volume	29
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmr.2018.01.003
Publication status	Published - 5 Apr 2018

Keywords

Paralympic
Athletes
Illness
Epidemiology
Risk markers
Prevention

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- N.Webborn@brighton.ac.uk
- School of Sport and Health Sciences - Clinical Prof-Sport and Exercise Medicine
- Sport and Exercise Science and Sports Medicine Research and Enterprise Group
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