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The Rehabilitation – Education – Active Lifestyle – Elite Sports continuum is introduced as a framework of the course. First part covers topic of rehabilitation (including visit to Paraple Centre in Prague) with a look at history of para sport as a part of rehabilitation, biomedical introduction of eligible impairment types with special focus on Spinal Cord Injury, and importance of adapted physical activities in the rehabilitation process. Second part is dedicated to the topic of education. It starts with biomedical introduction of cerebral palsy as one of the most common inborn disability leading to physical impairment and affecting educational process. The Paralympic Educational Program including practical Paralympic School Day experience is also included in the section. This part is accompanied with the visit to the Jedlička Institute in Prague which is a special school and institution for children with physical impairments. The third part presents the topic of active lifestyle and especially elite para sport with all necessary information about its organizational structure, classification, technology and arising ethical issues. This last part is accompanied by visits to para sport events (trainings, competitions).

Poslední úprava: Parry Martínková Irena, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (28.01.2025)

Course aims

To introduce theories of impairment/disability and importance of rehabilitation, education, active lifestyle and sport.
To provide students with the biomedical background of selected health disorders leading to eligible impairments.
To train students to think inclusively about athletes with disability when devising policies.
To introduce students to various ethical issues in para sport.
To apply these understandings to practical moral issues in para sport.

Course Learning Objectives (CLO)

At the successful completion of this course you (the student) should be able to:
Identify and discuss ethical issues in sport with respect to the integrity of para sport
Understand para sport and its specific problems
Understand different kinds of disabilities and ways of communicating with athletes with disability
Understand how to develop reasoned approaches to the resolution of problems in para sport
Develop an inclusive attitude towards people with disabilities

Poslední úprava: Parry Martínková Irena, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (28.01.2025)

Course aims

Course Learning Objectives (CLO)

Poslední úprava: Parry Martínková Irena, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (28.01.2025)

Selected resources

Chun, R., Creese, M., Massof, R.W. (2021). Topical Review: Understanding Vision Impairment and Sports Performance through a Look at Paralympic Classification. Optom Vis Sci., 98(7), 759-763. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000001723.

Fliess Douer, O., Koseff, D., Tweedy, S., Molik, B., Vanlandewijck, Y. (2021). Challenges and opportunities in wheelchair basketball classification - A Delphi study. J Sports Sci., 39(sup1), 7-18. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2021.1883310. Epub 2021 Mar 8. PMID: 33685356.

Mann, D.L., Tweedy, S.M., Jackson, R.C., Vanlandewijck, Y.C. (2021). Classifying the evidence for evidence-based classification in Paralympic sport. J Sports Sci. 39(sup1), 1-6. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2021.1955523.

Martínková, I., Parry, J. and Vařeková, J, Daďová, K., Reisemuller, R. (2020). The Kladruby Games and the beginnings of disability sport in the Czech context. In Martínková, J. Parry, A. R. Reppold Filho (Eds.), Research in Physical Education and Sport in the Czech Republic and Brazil (pp. 97-112). Porto Alegre: UFRGS.

McNamee, M., Parnell, R., Vanlandewijck, Y. (2021). Fairness, technology and the ethics of Paralympic sport classification. Eur J Sport Sci., 21(11), 1510-1517. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2021.1961022.

Parry, J., Martínková, I. (2021). The logic of categorisation in sport. European Journal of Sport Science, 21(11), 1485-1491, DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2021.1943715

Reismuller, R., Parry, J. (2017). The Kladruby Games, the Paralympics, and the Pre-History of Disability Sport. Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Kinanthropologica, 53(1), 79-89.

Šašek, V., Daďová, K., Půlpán, D. (2022). Classification changes in para swimming and their impact on the Czech Para Swimming Team. Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Kinanthropologica, 58(1), 39-50. ISSN 1212-1428.

Thompson WR, Vanlandewijck YC. (2021). Perspectives on research conducted at the Paralympic Games. Disabil Rehabil., 43(24), 3503-3514. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2020.1849427.

Tweedy S.M., Vanlandewijck Y.C. (2011). International Paralympic Committee position stand--background and scientific principles of classification in Paralympic sport. Br J Sports Med., 45(4), 259-69. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2009.065060.

Van Biesen, D., Burns, J., Mactavish, J., Van de Vliet, P., Vanlandewijck, Y. (2021). Conceptual model of sport-specific classification for para-athletes with intellectual impairment. J Sports Sci., 39(sup1), 19-29. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2021.1881280.

Van Dijk, A., Daďová, K., Martínková, I. (2017). Intellectual disability sport and Paralympic classification. Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Kinanthropologica, 53(1), 21-34. ISSN 1212-1428.

Williams, T.L. et al. (2014). The barriers, benefits and facilitators of leisure time physical activity among people with spinal cord injury: a meta-synthesis of qualitative findings. Health Psychology Review, 8(4), 404-425.

Wilson, P.J., Connick, M.J., Dutia, I.M., Beckman, E.M., Macaro, A., Tweedy, S.M. (2021). Does sports-specific training improve measures of impairment developed for para sport classification? A multiple-baseline, single-case experiment. J Sports Sci., 39(sup1), 81-90. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2021.1883309.

Poslední úprava: Parry Martínková Irena, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (28.01.2025)

Selected resources

McNamee, M., Parnell, R., Vanlandewijck, Y. (2021). Fairness, technology and the ethics of Paralympic sport classification. Eur J Sport Sci., 21(11), 1510-1517. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2021.1961022.

Parry, J., Martínková, I. (2021). The logic of categorisation in sport. European Journal of Sport Science, 21(11), 1485-1491, DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2021.1943715

Reismuller, R., Parry, J. (2017). The Kladruby Games, the Paralympics, and the Pre-History of Disability Sport. Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Kinanthropologica, 53(1), 79-89.

Thompson WR, Vanlandewijck YC. (2021). Perspectives on research conducted at the Paralympic Games. Disabil Rehabil., 43(24), 3503-3514. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2020.1849427.

Van Dijk, A., Daďová, K., Martínková, I. (2017). Intellectual disability sport and Paralympic classification. Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Kinanthropologica, 53(1), 21-34. ISSN 1212-1428.

Poslední úprava: Parry Martínková Irena, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (28.01.2025)

Essay: Review article or Lived-experience interview

Poslední úprava: Parry Martínková Irena, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (28.01.2025)

Essay: Review article or Lived-experience interview

Poslední úprava: Parry Martínková Irena, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (28.01.2025)

The Rehabilitation – Education – Active Lifestyle – Elite Sports continuum is introduced as a framework for the course. The course consists of three parts:
PART 1: Rehabilitation (including visit to the Paraple Centre in Prague)

History of the para sport as a part of rehabilitation
o Kladruby Games versus Stoke Mandeville Games
o Presentation on the Urgency of Bridging Rehabilitation to Active Lifestyle
Biomedical introduction of eligible impairment types with special focus on Spinal Cord Injury
o Spinal Cord Injury: neuromusculoskeletal and autonomic consequences. Introduction to classification from a neuromusculoskeletal perspective, the role of technology in rehabilitation and elite sport, and introduction to anti-doping (e.g. autonomic dysreflexia or boosting).
Bridge from Rehabilitation to Active Lifestyle
o The importance of adapted physical activities during rehabilitation.
The Sports & Active Lifestyle model from the Netherlands versus the Sports & Active Lifestyle model of KU Leuven (Information – Initiation – Integration – Inclusion).
o The competence profile of the professional bridging rehabilitation to active lifestyle: a reflection on Movement Sciences and Rehabilitation Sciences’ curricula
Visit to the Paraple Centre in Prague
o Rehabilitation and services in the Paraple Centre
o Demonstration of outdoor equipment for persons with spinal cord injury: opportunity to interact with demonstraters and participants.
o Brief reflection on the visit: shortcomings of the rehabilitation process.

PART 2: Education (visit to Jedlička Institute in Prague)
Biomedical introduction of eligible impairment types with special focus on Cerebral Palsy
o Cerebral Palsy (CP): introduction to the complexity of CP, explaining the Gross Motor Function Classification and topographic classification. Differences between spastic CP, dyskinetic CP and ataxic CP. Classification of CP by CP-ISRA.
o Consequences of Cerebral Palsy: botulin injections as therapy versus performance boosting. Classification of multi-impairments.
The Paralympic Education program
o The Athens 2004 Paralympic Educational Material. The impact on the IPC Organigram and the launching of the Paralympic Education Committee.
o The Paralympic School Day project (PSD) launched in 2006 by the IPC after a piloting phase in seven European countries. Explanation of the PSD concept by means of the PSD manual.
o Paralympic School Day at UK FTVS (practical event)
Visit to school in the Jedlička Institute in Prague
o Information about special school for individuals with cerebral palsy
o Observation of physical education class
o Short reflection on the visit: benefits and shortcomings of the specialized education in comparison to inclusive education

PART 3: Active Lifestyle & Elite Sport (visit to para sport events)
Active Lifestyle
o Barriers, benefits and facilitators of leisure time physical activity among people with disabilities
Elite para sport structure
o International structure of sport for people with impairment. Evolution from IOSD’s (ISMGF, ISOD, CP-ISRA, IBSA, INAS, CISS, SO) to ICC and IPC. Relationship between IOC and IPC throughout this evolution. Eligibility of athletes with Intellectual Impairment throughout the years.
o International structure of sports federations: independent, segregated (e.g. IWBF for wheelchair basketball); integrated (e.g. ITTF for Table Tennis); IPC (e.g. for Athletics); IOSD (e.g. IBSA for Goalball).
Classification in para sport
o From a medical to a functional to an evidence-based classification approach.
o The concept of Evidence-Based classification.
o Sport-specific applications of evidence-based classification to wheelchair sports and Nordic Skiing for athletes with Intellectual Impairment.
o Theorization of advantage in parasport classification
Technology in elite para sport
o The Oscar Pistorius Case
o Decision of CAS based on Bruggeman et al. (2008) and Weyand et al. (2009) studies
o The Blake Leeper Case
o The Marcus Rehm Case
Ethical issues in para sport
o Anti-doping (autonomic dysreflexia, botulin injections, surgical intervention, medication - sildenafil citrate, technical boosting)
o Eligibility and Classification
o Athletes with high support needs
o Media: role and representation, etc.
Visit to para sport events according to current possibilities (trainings, competitions)

Weekly class topics, with activities and assessment tasks – always specified in the contemporaneous document: Prague Teaching Days APA (to be prepared in advance)

Poslední úprava: Parry Martínková Irena, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (28.01.2025)

Weekly class topics, with activities and assessment tasks – always specified in the contemporaneous document: Prague Teaching Days APA (to be prepared in advance)

Poslední úprava: Parry Martínková Irena, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (28.01.2025)