Researching Physical Activity and Participation in Adapted Sports for People with Disabilities
A special issue of Sports (ISSN 2075-4663).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 10
Special Issue Editors
2. Sport Physical Activity and Health Research & INnovation CenTer (SPRINT), 2040-413 Rio Maior, Portugal
3. Centre for the Study of Human Performance (CIPER), Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, 1499-002 Cruz Quebrada, Portugal
4. Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC), Universidade de Évora, 7004- 516 Évora, Portugal
5. Life Quality Research Centre (CIEQV-Leiria), 2040-413 Rio Maior, Portugal
Interests: sport sciences; training load monitoring; strength and conditioning; metabolic expenditure; testing; performance analysis; training; exercise physiology; biomechanics; recovery procedures; physical activity
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Interests: adapted physical activity; gymnastics and acrobatics; performance analysis in sport
2. Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Interests: physical activity; adapted sport
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Physical inactivity is associated with problems in well-being and increases the causes of mortality, thus it is necessary to guarantee full access to the right to health for all through an effective approach to physical activities and sports, with particular attention paid to special populations that are more exposed to risk factors for health and well-being. Disabled people compete at high levels in several sports disciplines and, recently, daily training and competitive participation have become a high-interest area of study, despite the evidence that research in adapted sports is scarce compared to individual and team sports, where there is fundamental scientific support for everyday practices. With this Special Issue, we intend to create a space where researchers can continue developing studies in the relevant areas of physical activity and adapted sports for people with disabilities, which still lack robust scientific literature. Possible topics include, among others, the following: Typical barriers for people with disabilities; strategies and tools for inclusion in physical activity; methodological training strategies in people with disabilities; performance indicators in adapted sports; and classification system in adapted sports.
Dr. Mário André da Cunha Espada
Prof. Dr. Jesús Muñoz-JimÉnez
Dr. José M. Gamonales
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sport inclusion
- adapted physical activity
- adapted sport
- people with disabilities
- functional classification
- training strategies
- performance in adapted sports
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