Injuries in adapted sports: what is known about this in the scientific literature? Sietske Luijten, exercise scientist and Amsterdam UMC PhD candidate, presents current published information on sport-related injuries in adapted sport. We will discuss which injuries occur most frequently and what the risk factors found are. What do we actually know and what knowledge are we missing?
Injuries in adaptive sports: what do we see in practice and how do we respond? Peter Dijkstra, sports physiotherapist at the Papendal Sports Medical Center and physiotherapist of the Dutch men's wheelchair basketball team, will discuss, on the basis of a number of cases, the injuries that he encounters in practice with Paralympic athletes and how he tries to prevent these injuries.
Customized injury prevention: how to give online advice? Vera van Reuler, rehabilitation doctor i.o. Reade, tells about the possibilities and limitations of giving online injury prevention advice. Athletes and therapists were asked for their opinion and experiences in practice. Hear the results and the application in an online injury prevention tool.