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Comparison of the vertical jump performance of footballers with cerebral palsy at different competitive levels

Matías Henríquez, Kevin Campos-Campos, Raúl Smith, Sebastián Aliste, Sonny Riquelme, Raul Reina

European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity 16, 4 (2023) | DOI: 10.5507/euj.2022.013  

Vertical jump (VJ) capacity is a common assessment for monitoring athletes' neuromuscular function and has been proposed as a differentiating indicator between competitive levels of football players. This study aimed to compare the VJ capacity of Chilean footballers with cerebral palsy (CP) with international and national levels of proficiency, also according to their sport classes (i.e., FT1‒FT3). A total sample of 41 male footballers with CP were divided into international-level (n = 18) and national-level (n = 23) groups. All the participants performed two maximal squat jumps (SJs) and countermovement jumps (CMJs), where the best height obtained...

“It gives her a sense of accomplishment”: What parents say when children with disabilities ride.

Alice M. Buchanan, A. Kaitlyn Higgins

European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity 16, 3 (2023) | DOI: 10.5507/euj.2022.007  

This interpretive study explored participants’ perceptions of their child’s involvement in Equine-Assisted Activities and Therapies (EAAT). EAAT is implemented with a horse and is based on the notion that interacting with the horse has positive benefits. Such activity is nearly always reported to have positive effects on the child. Few studies have investigated the perceptions of the parents of their children’s participation in horseback riding activities. The purpose of this study is to determine how parents and/or guardians perceive how EAAT impacts their young riders, and the epiphanic ways in which the parents view those changes....

Physical activity and sport participation in veterans with extremity musculoskeletal disorders

Elahe Faraji, Ayoub Dabiri, Mostafa Allami, Mostajad Hosseini, Amir Hossein Barati

European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity 16, 2 (2023) | DOI: 10.5507/euj.2022.002  

Increasing the physical activity and sport participation rates of people with disabilities has been one of the most important targets of sport policy both at national and international levels. The purpose of the current investigation was to assess participation in sports or physical activities among Iranian veterans with extremity musculoskeletal disorders. Data were obtained from health needs assessment studies conducted among Iranian veterans with musculoskeletal disorders in a 12-year period between 2005 and 2017. The collected Information on sport or physical activity participation was analyzed using χ2 test, independent t-test, partial correlation...