Rio, Tokyo Paralympic Games and beyond: How to Prepare Athletes with Motor Disabilities for Peaking

• Hoofdauteur: Thomas W. J. Janssen (auth)
• Andere auteurs: Pierre-Marie Lepretre (auth), Claudio Perret (auth), Victoria L. Goosey-Tolfrey (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Reeks: Frontiers Research Topics
• Onderwerpen: Physiology; Disability; heat; performance; Athletes; Paralympics
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In 1960, the 9th Annual International Stoke Mandeville Games were supported, for the first time, by the Italian Olympic Committee. Taking place six days after the Closing Ceremony of the XVII Olympic Games, the paralympic games for disabled athletes were born. From Roma in 1960 to London in 2012, th...