Athletics for All

Athletics for people with disabilities.

Sport for people with disabilities was pioneered by Sir Ludwig Guttman who in 1944 opened a new spinal cord injury unit at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, England. He organized the National Stoke Mandeville Games for the Paralysed in 1948 which evolved into an international competition in 19521. Subsequently, the first Paralympics were held following the Rome Olympics in 1960. By 19...

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Blood Transfusion and Athletics

* * In 1976, the Medical Commission ofthe International Olympic Committee formally condemned the practice of blood transfusion for athletes in good health. As ofthis writing, however, blood doping has not been explicitly forbidden. The Author discusses important and controversial questions such as: does blood transfusion afford world-class athletes a substantial competitive advantage? Is this p...

Spinal deformity and athletics.

Exercise and athletic competition for the young individual has become increasingly more important in society. Scoliosis and Scheurmann kyphosis are spinal deformities prevalent in up to 2% to 3% and 7% of the population respectively, requiring nonoperative and occasionally operative treatment. Curve progression and patient physiologic age dictate treatment regimens. Bracing and physical therapy...

Athletics and the Boy

ter. Some point to the number yearly killed and disabled by football, and the still greater number who are victims of baseball, and loudly declaim against both games. On the other hand, there are those who declare that it is by means of such sports that boys acquire manliness, ruggedness, health and other unmixed blessings. The majority of mothers belong to the first class, while a fair balance...