Abstract
This chapter discusses elite sports participation by people with a (motor) disability. Successively, the history of the Paralympic Summer and Winter Games, as the main elite sporting events, which also focus on the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), and counseling of athletes with a disability are discussed. Furthermore, injuries in the disabled athlete, doping, and classifi cation of athletes are described.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Nuclear Medicine and Radiologic Imaging in Sports Injuries |
| Publisher | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Pages | 1123-1128 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783662464915 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783662464908 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2015 |
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