Paralympic swimming performance, impairment, and the functional classification system

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 251-270

  Wu, Sheng K ^a   Williams, Trevor ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWIMMING;

EID: 0032980335     PISSN: 07365829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/apaq.16.3.251     Document Type: Article

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