Title:
Training and coaching the paralympic athlete / edited by Yves C. Vanlandewijck, Walter R. Thompson.
Author:
Vanlandewijck, Yves, editor.
Thompson, Walter R., editor.
Publication Information:
Chicester, West Sussex, UK ; Ames, Iowa, USA : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2017.
Call Number:
GV722.5.P37 T73 2017
ISBN:
9781119044338
Series:
Handbook of sports medicine and science
Handbook of sports medicine and science.
Physical Description:
xi, 244 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm..
Contents:
Introduction to the paralympic movement / Walter R. Thompson -- Biomechanics and ergonomics / Helco van Keeken, Sonja de Groot, Riemer Vegter, Lucas van der Woude -- Physiology / Claudio Perret, Thomas Abel -- Paralympic sports medicine / Cheri A. Blauwet, Jan Lexell, Wayne Derman -- The psychology of paralympians and mental preparation / Jeffrey J. Martin -- Sociology of sport and coaching / P. David Howe -- Research needs for the development of evidence-based systems of classification for physical, vision, and intellectual impairments / Sean M. Tweedy, David Mann, Yves C. Vanlandewijck -- Sport and technology / Osnat Fliess-Douer, Barry Mason, Larry Katz, Chi-hung Raymond So -- Contribution of sport science to performance : wheelchair rugby / Yves C. Vanlandewijck -- Contribution of sports science to performance : swimming / Brendan Burkett -- Contribution of sport science to performance : Nordic skiing / Vesa Linnamo, Walter Rapp, Stefan J. Lindinger.
