Boosting in athletes with high-level spinal cord injury: Knowledge, incidence and attitudes of athletes in paralympic sport

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 26, 2010, Pages 2172-2190

  Bhambhani, Yagesh ^a   MacTavish, Jennifer ^b   Warren, Sharon ^a   Thompson, Walter R ^c   Webborn, Anthony ^d   Bressan, Elizabeth ^e   De Mello, Marco Tuilo ^f   Tweedy, Sean ^g   Malone, Laurie ^h   Frojd, Kennet ^i,j   Van De Vliet, Peter ^k   Vanlandewijck, Yves ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h Lakeshore Foundation   (United States)

ⁱ Swedish Development Centre for Disability and Sport   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^k International Paralympic Committee   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Boosting survey; paralympic athletes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPORT; WHEELCHAIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPORTS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 78649697708     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2010.505678     Document Type: Article

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