Adaptive Sports Medicine

Arthur J. De Luigi, DO, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Chair of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Scottsdale, AZ, USA; Georgetown University School of Medicine, Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, Washington, DC, USA  
Dr. De Luigi is internationally recognized as a leader in Adaptive Sports Medicine through his extensive experience with disabled athletes, holding positions as the Medical Director and Head Team Physician for the U.S. Adaptive Alpine Ski Team, Medical Director of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center Adaptive Sports Medicine Program, and coverage of Paralympic athletes at the United States Olympic Training Center.  He is currently the Head Team Physician for the Phoenix Rising FC and is a Physician assisting in the medical care for the Arizona Coyotes and Arizona State University athletics. He has previously served as the Head Team Physician and Director of Sports Performance for the Washington Wizards, Medical Director for the Washington Mystics, and Team Physician for the Washington Spirit.  He has also served as the Medical Director of the Army Ten Miler, Co-Medical Director of the Salt Lake Marathon, and as a Physician with the United States Olympic Committee, U.S. Ski and Snowboarding Association, USA Basketball, USA Boxing, US Lacrosse, University of Utah, Catholic University, Salt Lake Bees baseball team (Los Angeles Angels AAA affiliate), and the Washington Nationals.

History of Adaptive and Disabled Rights within Society.- Wheelchair Sports Technology and Biomechanics.- Technology and Biomechanics of Adaptive Sports Prostheses.- Review of Injury Epidemiology in Paralympic Sports.- Medical Considerations in Adaptive Sports.- Emergent Care of the Adaptive Athlete.- Surgical Considerations in the Adaptive Athlete.- Rehabilitation of the Adaptive Athlete.- Pain Management of the Adaptive Athlete.- Sports Related Concussion in Para Athletes.- Adaptive Running.- Adaptive Cycling.- Adaptive Golf.- Wheelchair Basketball.- Wheelchair Rugby.- Adaptive Soccer.- Wheelchair Softball.- Para Dance Sports.- Wheelchair Fencing.- Wheelchair Curling.- Wheelchair Tennis and Para-table Tennis.- Adaptive Volleyball.- Adaptive Water Sports.- Hockey and the Adaptive Athlete:  Para Ice Hockey, Special Hockey, Standing Amputee Hockey, Deaf Hockey, and Blind Hockey.- Adaptive Alpine Skiing and Para-snowboarding.- Adaptive Throwing Sports: Discus, Javelin, Shot Put, andBoccia.- Adaptive Shooting Sports: Archery, Air Rifle, Trapshooting.- Powerlifting in Adaptive Sports.- Adaptive Combative Sports (Judo, Taekwondo, Boxing, Wrestling, Mixed Martial Arts).- Adaptive Extreme Sports.- Wheelchair Lacrosse.- Military Veterans and Adaptive Sports.- Pediatric Adaptive Athletes.- Adaptive Sports Event Planning.- Policy and Advocacy Initiatives to Promote the Benefits of Sports Participation for Individuals with Disability.- Controversies in Adaptive Sports.