Training and Coaching the Paralympic Athlete

Professor Yves C. Vanlandewijck, Ph.D. Department of Rehabilitation Sciences Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Professor Walter R. Thompson, Ph.D. Department of Kinesiology and Health Georgia State University Atlanta, GA, USA

Contributors, vi Foreword by IOC President Thomas Bach, ix Foreword by IPC President Sir Philip Craven, xi 1 Introduction to the Paralympic Movement, 1 Walter R. Thompson 2 Biomechanics and ergonomics, 21 Helco van Keeken, Sonja de Groot, Riemer Vegter, and Lucas van der Woude 3 Physiology, 53 Claudio Perret and Thomas Abel 4 Paralympic sports medicine, 75 Cheri A. Blauwet, Jan Lexell, and Wayne Derman 5 The psychology of Paralympians and mental preparation, 96 Jeffrey J. Martin 6 Sociology of sport and coaching, 108 P. David Howe 7 Research needs for the development of evidence-based systems of classification for physical, vision, and intellectual impairments, 122 Sean M. Tweedy, David Mann, and Yves C. Vanlandewijck 8 Sport and technology, 150 Osnat Fliess-Douer, Barry Mason, Larry Katz, and Chi-hung Raymond So 9 Contribution of sport science to performance: Wheelchair rugby, 172 Yves C. Vanlandewijck 10 Contribution of sports science to performance: Swimming, 199 Brendan Burkett 11 Contribution of sport science to performance: Nordic skiing, 216 Vesa Linnamo, Walter Rapp, and Stefan J. Lindinger Index, 237