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Swimming speed in men’s 100-m freestyle confirms the fairness of the Paralympic Classification System: a meta-analysis

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Resumo:Despite an increase in popularity ofParalympiesports, there isa lackofstudies on these sportsj and eontroversies regarding the classification system forParalyrnpian swimmers. The Paralympic c1assification systerrt features 10 classes toprovide fair eompetition for swimmers with a physical disability, The summary of the clean swimming speed (SS) eao provide useful information for the c1assification system in competitive swimmiJig. The aim ofthis study wasto surnmarize evidenee of the fairness of Paralympic categories of male swimmers witha physically disability~ focusing 00 SS in the lOO-rtl fiont crawL Multiple databases (PubMed, EMBASE, IS! Web ofKnowledge, SPORTDiseus, Academic Search Premier; CINAHL) Were examined for observational studies published until October2017, 00 official swimming taces. Five studies \Vere fOUild and analyzed (n = 369; national and internationallevel). The random effectsmodel was used for this meta-analysis.
Autores principais:Feitosa, Wellington G.
Outros Autores:Correia, Ricardo de Assis; Barbosa, Tiago M.; Castro, Flávio A. de Souza
Assunto:Swimming
Ano:2018
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:documento de conferência
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Idioma:inglês
Origem:Biblioteca Digital do IPB

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