All of us have heard the word disability. Many of us do not have a clear understanding of disability definition in our minds. Some of us have bad and annoying feelings about this word, and we sympathize with people with impairments. When we hear the word disability, we imagine a…
Polybat was created in the 1980s in the United Kingdom and brought to Portugal in 2016. Initially created to answer people with cerebral palsy, today, it plays by everyone! People with or without disabilities from 6 to 96 years old participate in tournaments organized by the Portuguese Federation of Sport…
The Frame Running (also known as RaceRunning) In the Frame Running CPISRA Classification, Athletes with mild to moderate involvement in one or both upper extremities, fair to right trunk balance, and moderate involvement in the lower extremities are in class RR3. Athletes with moderate involvement in the upper extremities and…
Sport is not just playing a game to win! It has many different dimensions. Sport has a soul! It’s widespread when athletes say he/she is angry when he loses a game or he/she wants to dance when he/she wins the game. The nature of the sport is about emotions and…
In the Frame Running Classification, athletes with severe athetoid, spastic, ataxic dystonic, or mixed quadriplegia are in class 2. The RaceRunning (also known as Frame Running) 1. Spasticity, athetosis, ataxia, dystonia, or weakness limits active pushing movements of the lower extremities. 2. Asymmetric stride pattern, but more effective than RR1…
Corona Virus is a harmful virus which makes no difference from people. It attacks not only older people but also youth or even children. People with disabilities are not unique, and the danger of this virus threat them too. Here is some point to help people with special needs to…
In the Frame Running Classification, athletes with severe athetoid, spastic, ataxic dystonic, or mixed quadriplegia are in class RR1. The RaceRunning (also known as Frame Running) The RR1 will have severe involvement in the lower extremities and trunk and moderate to critical participation in the upper extremities. Only gross patterns…
The Frame Running Classification is a functional system(CPISRA). (also known as RaceRunning Classification) The athletes are assessed in the Frame Runner to determine the practical use of their extremities operating the Frame Runner. A bench test is also used to determine the type and degree of motor and neurological problems.…
What do you think of being an athlete? How much do you know about athletes' lives differences compared to other people? Do you think that being an athlete is being like a superhero? Well, the fact is that heroes are not supernatural people. They are just ordinary people with motivation…
What images come to your mind when you hear the word athlete? A RaceRunner? A Goalball player? A blind football player or a Boccia player? What do you know about being an athlete and their lifestyle? Who is an athlete? A person who competes in one or more sports, which…
