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Elsevier Para and Adapted Sports Medicine An Issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America 1st Edition by Tuakli-Wosornu, Yetsa
This issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics will cover a number of important topics related to Para and Adapted Sports Medicine. The issue is under the editorial direction of Drs. Yetsa Tuakli and Wayne Derman. Topics in this issue will include: Representations of self and disability through para sport; Prosthetics in para sport; Evidence-based classification of para athletes; Autonomic nervous system in para athletes with spinal cord injury; Training and performance characteristics of para swimmers; Concussion in para athletes; Engineering and technology in wheelchair sport; The Athlete with brain injury; Social inclusion through para sport; and Para athletic identity from competition to retirement. Para and Adapted Sports Medicine - Table of ContentsForeword: Maximizing One's Potential Preface: Contemporary Medical, Scientific & Social Perspectives on Para Sport Illness Among Paralympic Athletes: Epidemiology, Risk Markers, and Preventative Strategies Acute and Chronic Musculoskeletal Injury in Para Sport: A Critical Review Autonomic Nervous System in Paralympic Athletes with Spinal Cord Injury Athletes with Brain Injury: Pathophysiologic and Medical ChallengesKey Nutritional Strategies to Optimize Performance in Para AthletesConcussion in Para SportApplying Scientific Principles to Enhance Paralympic Classification Now and in the Future: A Research Primer for Rehabilitation SpecialistsPerformance Characteristics of Para Swimmers: How Effective Is the Swimming Classification System?Engineering and Technology in Wheelchair SportSport-Specific Limb Prostheses in Para SportPara Sport Athletic Identity from Competition to Retirement: A Brief Review and Future Research Directions The Social Empowerment of Difference: The Potential Influence of Para Sport Social Inclusion Through Para Sport: A Critical Reflection on the Current State of PlayParalympic Games: History and Legacy of a Global Movement