Palaestra articles from March 1992

Palaestra archives from March 1992

Comparison of three techniques for sprinting by visually impaired athletes.
March 22, 1992... Introduction Through use of auditory and tactile cues, visually impaired individuals are successfully participating in physical activities such as sprinting. The three most widely used methods for sprinting are guide wires, callers, and...

Contrast sensitivity in International Special Olympics, women's invitational volleyball championships, and recreational volleyball players.
March 22, 1992... Introduction Processing of information through the visual system involves photopic (day) vision, scotopic (night) vision, color perception, stereopsis (depth perception), pattern perception, and movement perception. Accuracy of this...

Advances in sport nutrition.
March 22, 1992... Most athletes, competitive or not, yearn for a magic food plant that will contribute to big gains with little pain. To help find that magic formula, exercise physiologists and sports nutritionists alike are researching many aspects of food as...

Active physical therapy and its benefits in rehabilitation. (Cover Story)
March 22, 1992... Prior to World War II, virtually all people who received a spinal cord injury (SCI) died within a few weeks of the injury (Guttman, 1976). For these patients, primary causes of death were neurogenic shock urinary tract infections. Since the...

Integration of sport for athletes with disabilities into sport programmes for able-bodied athletes.
March 22, 1992... As sport for athletes with disabilities has grown and become a part of public consciousness during the years, talk about integration and activities to integrate has become increasingly intense. The author's experience has been that if a group...

Deaf athletic directors' orientations to sport.
March 22, 1992... It has been suggested that evolution and continuing existence of deaf sport stems, in part, from the need of deaf individuals to socialize with other deaf persons (Stewart, 1986, 1987). This social aspect of deaf sport applies to deaf athletes...

Exploring sport socialization environments of persons with orthopedic disabilities.
March 22, 1992... In contemporary American culture many social forces guide individuals into becoming active and productive members of society. Becoming a member of society is partially accomplished by means of socialization which is an "interactional process...

Roles of sportsmedicine and the spinal cord injured: a multidisciplinary relationship.
March 22, 1992... It was in July of 1948 that Sir Ludwig Guttmann (1976) initiated the now famous Stoke Mandeville Games (Aylesburg, England) for the spinal cord injured. From a humble beginning of 16 former British service personnel, 14 men and 2 women, sport...

Therapeutic Recreation Service: Principles and Practices, 4th ed.
March 22, 1992... Dubuque, IA: Wm. C. Brown publishers (2460 Kerper Boulevard, 52001, ISBN 0-697-11026-5; hard cover, 397 pg). This book, an introductory text for undergraduate courses in therapeutic recreation, provides a comprehensive picture of...

1991: The Complete Directory for People with Disabilities.
March 22, 1992... Lakeville, CT: Grey House Publishing (Pocket Knife Square, 06039; ISBN 0-939300-09-05; paperback, 580 pg, 3 indices, $69.95). This comprehensive, easy-to-use directory covers all disabilities with current and accurate information, including...

Nobody is Burning Wheelchairs.
March 22, 1992... (1/2" and 3/4" VHS, with/without open captioning [$35.00]; 15 minutes). National Easter Seal Society, Communications Department, 70 East Lake Street, Chicago, IL 60601. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is explained in terms of...

School breakfast programs: a way to reduce special education costs?
March 22, 1992... "Millions of kids are hungry in America." So begins a recent report (March, 1991) conducted by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC). The study, entitled Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project, is the most rigorous and...