Para swimming enhances clinical outcomes for people with cerebral palsy

Keywords: disability, sport, cerebral palsy  In this blog we explain how we used a novel single-case experimental research design to investigate the therapeutic value of participation in Para sport. Our study enrolled young people with profound cerebral palsy and high support needs in a Para swimming training program called ParaSTART and monitored their training load, […]

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Urinary incontinence in para athletes: a symptom that needs attention!

Authors: Pê Barbosa and Marília Magno; Proofreading: Beatriz Bastos; Infographics: Oficina de Criação da Faculdade de Comunicação da Universidade Federal do Pará. This blog provides an overview of a recently published paper in BJSM. Why is this study important? Urinary incontinence (UI) is characterised by the involuntary loss of urine. There are different types: Stress […]

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