Emma M. Beckman

The Immediate Impact of Heavy Weightlifting on Pelvic Floor Morphometry in Vaginally Parous Women: A Repeated Measures Study

Lori B. Forner, Marie‐Pierre Cyr, Emma M. Beckman, Paul W. Hodges et autres

INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: Exercise-based heavy lifting has been suggested to challenge pelvic organ support, yet no study has investigated this in women at risk of pelvic organ prolapse. This study aimed to investigate the immediate impact of heavy weightlifting on pelvic floor …

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Para-Athlete Development

David Legg, Nima Dehghansai, Ciro Winckler, Emma M. Beckman et autres

Identifying and developing talent is critical for success, whether in professional or amateur levels of sport. This has been studied extensively within an able-bodied context but less so within the disability one. The purpose of this chapter is to review a series …

Role of medical doctors in promoting and supporting sports participation by people with disabilities: an exploratory study of medical doctors’ knowledge, practices and perceptions

Samitha Samanmalee Gowinnage, Jessica Rachel Hill, Iain Mayank Dutia, Emma M. Beckman et autres

Objectives: Despite the well-documented benefits of sports for individuals with disabilities, participation remains low, and disability-related medical complications are a major barrier. Medical doctors, as trusted sources of health information on physical activity with sustained patient contact, are well-positioned to manage these …

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The Co-Design of a Community Physical Activity Promotion Program for People With Moderate to Profound Disability, The Adapted Physical Activity Program—OMNI

Kelly Clanchy, Jessica Rachel Hill, Sjaan R. Gomersall, Sean Michael Tweedy et autres

People with moderate to profound disability experience participate in low levels of physical activity (PA), negatively impacting their overall health and well-being. This project aimed to adapt our best practice model for PA promotion among people with disability for use by community …

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Athletes, support staff, and classifiers opinions on intentional misrepresentation in Para sport

Iain Gowans, Serhat Yilmaz, Victoria Louise Goosey-Tolfrey, Emma M. Beckman et autres

The Paralympic Games have enjoyed a recent acceleration in profile, commercial value, and investment. Meanwhile, intentional misrepresentation (IM) – athletes’ attempting to game the classification process – has emerged as the greatest threat to the integrity of Para sport. Despite classification being …

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Evaluation of an inpatient sports program to guide post-discharge physical activity participation among people with brain and spinal cord injury – a cross-sectional study

Emily Alice Bray, Emma M. Beckman, Kathryn Smith, Melissa Bianca Kendall et autres

PURPOSE: This evaluation explored the adoption of sporting programs as an adjunct to the rehabilitation of inpatients with acquired brain (ABI) or spinal cord injuries (SCI). It investigated the characteristics of participating individuals, levels of participation, experiences, and uptake of sport in …

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An analysis of people with disabilities in Australia by age, sex, disability type and severity – Implications for leveraging the 2032 Paralympic games to increase physical activity participation

Sean Michael Tweedy, Kathryn Fortnum, George Thomas, Βασιλικη Δημητριου et autres

Objectives: Australia's bid for the 2032 Paralympic Games included a commitment to increasing sport participation among people with disabilities by 500,000. Realising this legacy will require an accurate understanding of the composition of the Australian disability population - age, sex, disability type …

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Support needs assessment tool for people with disability wanting to participate in sport and exercise (SNAT-SE): Usability and acceptability testing

Jessica Rachel Hill, Kelly Clanchy, Stewart Graeme Trost, Jennifer Fleming et autres

Background: People with disability participate in sport and exercise at lower rates than the general population. Health and fitness professionals' lack of knowledge regarding the support needs of people with disability has been identified as a major barrier to participation. To address …

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A comparison of reactive strength in elite and sub-elite male and female Australian footballers

Benjamin M. Southey, Lachlan P. James, Mark J. Connick, Damien J. Austin et autres

Reactive Strength Index (RSI) correlates to locomotor performance, hence an important strength quality to develop in Australian footballers (AF). However, two common tests, the drop jump (DJ) and 10/5 repeated jump (RJ), have been suggested to reflect different qualities. Therefore, the aim …

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Prioritised actions to reduce the threat of cheating classification in Para sport: a Delphi study

Iain Gowans, Serhat Yilmaz, Victoria Louise Goosey-Tolfrey, Emma M. Beckman et autres

The Paralympic Games have enjoyed a recent acceleration in profile, commercial value, and investment. Meanwhile, attempts to cheat the classification process have emerged as the greatest threat to the integrity of Para sport. Despite the classification process being essential to Para sport, …

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Determining the Effects of a 6-Week Training Intervention on Reactive Strength: A Single-Case Experimental Design Approach

Benjamin M. Southey, Dirk Spits, Damien J. Austin, Mark J. Connick et autres

Objectives: Single-case experimental designs (SCEDs) provide a robust way to observe adaptations to training in highly specific populations. Furthermore, they provide unique insights into inter-participant variance in responses to interventions, which traditional randomized control trials cannot obtain. However, there is limited sports …

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A systematic review of sample representativeness and homogeneity in exercise trials using group designs for people with cerebral palsy

Sean Michael Tweedy, Iain Mayank Dutia, Lucy E. Caughey, Βασιλικη Δημητριου et autres

Background: Evidence quality from exercise trials which use group designs is partly dependent on whether study samples represent the population and acceptable sample homogeneity is achieved. This study aimed to review studies evaluating exercise training for people with cerebral palsy (CP) and …

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