Injuries and illnesses in athletes with spinal cord injury during the 2012 London Summer Paralympic Games

Background: The Summer Paralympics have grown from participation of a mere 16 athletes at the 1948 Stoke-Mandeville Games, to a large multi-code event of 4176 athletes competing in 20 different sporting codes at the 2012 London Summer Paralympic Games. Unlike able-bodied athletes, Paralympic athlete...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Swart, Thomas Frederick
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29679