Not all Forms of Muscle Hypertonia Worsen With Fatigue: A Pilot Study in Para Swimmers by Luca Puce, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Antonio Currà, Lucio Marinelli, Lucio Marinelli, Laura Mori, Laura Mori, Filippo Cotellessa, Filippo Cotellessa, Karim Chamari, Karim Chamari, Marta Ponzano, Mohammad Hossein Samanipour, Pantelis T. Nikolaidis, Carlo Biz, Pietro Ruggieri, Carlo Trompetto, Carlo Trompetto

“…We recently observed in Para swimmers that the effect of fatigue on hypertonia can be different from subject to subject. …”
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Effect of breathing conditions on relationships between impairment, breathing laterality and coordination symmetry in elite para swimmers by Ludovic Seifert, Adrien Létocart, Brice Guignard, Mohamed Amin Regaieg

“…Abstract The aim was to investigate the effect of breathing conditions and swimming pace on the relationships between the impairment, the breathing laterality and motor coordination symmetry in elite front crawl Para swimmers. Fifteen elite Para swimmers with unilateral physical impairment or with visual impairment and unilateral breathing preference performed eight 25 m using four breathing conditions (every three strokes, every two strokes on preferred and non-preferred breathing side and apnea) at slow and fast paces in a randomized order. …”
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The podium illusion: a phenomenological study of the influence of social support on well-being and performance in elite para swimmers by Beth Aitchison, Alison B. Rushton, Paul Martin, Andrew Soundy, Nicola R. Heneghan

“…The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of social support in elite British para-swimmers and the influence on their wellbeing and performance. …”
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Biomechanical Analysis of Limb Coordination in Front-Crawl Among Elite S10 and S12 Para Swimmers: Implications for Performance Optimization by Luqi Yang, Shudong Li, Shun Wang, Yaodong Gu

“…The variation of the inter-limb coordination gradually increased for S10 para swimmers from hand entry to the end of push, but gradually reduced for S12 para swimmers. …”
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Time cost associated with sports participation for athletes with high support needs: a time-motion analysis of tasks required for para swimming by Emma Beckman, Iain Dutia, Declan Curran, Adam Donohoe, Sean Michael Tweedy

“…Pool entry times for para swimmers were 8–13 times greater (Effect size = 4.1–8.7). …”
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Involvement in Multiple Race Events Among International Para and Non-disabled Swimmers by Julien Schipman, Julien Schipman, Guillaume Saulière, Guillaume Saulière, Bryan Le Toquin, Bryan Le Toquin, Andy Marc, Nicolas Forstmann, Jean-François Toussaint, Jean-François Toussaint, Jean-François Toussaint, Adrien Sedeaud, Adrien Sedeaud

“…International elite Para swimmers form a large portion of the overall multi-medalist winning population. …”
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Injury and Injury Prevention in United States Para Swimming: A Mixed-Methods Approach by Jay Salerno, Stephanie Tow, Elizabeth Regan, Stephen Bendziewicz, Matthew McMillan, Shana Harrington

“…Injury and injury prevention research on Para swimmers is lacking compared to swimmers without impairment…”
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Experienced vs Inexperienced Disabled Swimmers: Training Load and Recovery in Preparation Period by Kunjung Ashadi, Oktia Woro Kasmini Handayani, Hari Setijono, Tri Rustiadi, Sugiharto, Soegiyanto

“…Conclusions. Experienced para-swimmers had a significantly different training load than inexperienced para-athletes. …”
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Validation of Automatically Quantified Swim Stroke Mechanics Using an Inertial Measurement Unit in Paralympic Athletes by Matthew Slopecki, Mathieu Charbonneau, Jean-Michel Lavallière, Julie N. Côté, Julien Clément

“…A single-IMU system can provide highly valid performance and swim stroke monitoring data for elite para-swimmers for the majority of strokes, with the exception of backstroke. …”
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Classification changes in para swimming and their impact on the Czech Para Swimming Team by Vít Šašek, Klára Daďová, David Půlpán

“…The results show the changes directly influenced the performance of Czech para swimmers in mentioned major competetions in a positive way. …”
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Lived experiences of social support in Paralympic swimmers: A protocol for a qualitative study by Paul Martin, Alison Rushton, Nicola R Heneghan, Andrew Soundy, Beth Aitchison

“…Swimming is a popular Paralympic sport and the British para swimmers have been very successful in recent years, most recently winning 47 medals at Rio 2016. …”
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The effect of swimming on the body posture, range of motion and musculoskeletal pain in elite para and able-bodied swimmers by Anna Zwierzchowska, Eliza Gawel, Jakub Karpinski, Adam Maszczyk, Aleksandra Zebrowska

“…Methods Thirty-five (nF = 8; nM = 27; age = 20.51 ± 4.24) elite Para and able-bodied swimmers from the Polish national team took part in the study and were divided into: study group (SG) of Para swimmers and control group (CG) of able-bodied swimmers. …”
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