Palaestra articles from September 1990

Palaestra archives from September 1990

Reorganization of USOC. (United States Olympic Committee) (COSD Forum) (column)
September 22, 1990... Reorganization of USOC The implementation of a reorganized United States Olympic Committee was begun at the February 1990 meeting of the USOC House of Delegates. Changes were based, in part, on recommendations contained in the Olympic...

Kraemer's kids': physical education for students with physical disabilities.
September 22, 1990... KRAEMER'S KIDS It is 10 a.m. at 7735 Greenland Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, home of Roselawn-Condon School. In a second grade classroom, Bobby Jones types out words of his spelling lesson, while in another corner of the room, Linda, though...

Guidelines for a community-based physical fitness program for adults with physical disabilities. (Cover Story)
September 22, 1990... Guidelines for a Community-Based Physical Fitness Program for Adults with Physical Disabilities Exercise is a cornerstone in the rehabilitation of adults with physical disabilities; yet, many persons fail to engage in regular physical...

A new racing wheelchair front wheel mounting mechanism.
September 22, 1990... A New Racing Wheelchair Front Wheel Mounting Mechanism Recently, three-wheel racing wheelchairs have become popular. Several different three wheeler designs currently exist. (Sunderlein, 1989). Most manufacturers of wheelers use a...

Winter park - Jackson Village ... the two world championships ... Alpine and Nordic skiing. (The 1990 World Disabled Ski Championships) (includes related article on V World Nordic Championships)
September 22, 1990... Winter Park - Jackson Village . . . The Two World Championships . . . Alpine and Nordic Skiing Tristan Mouric, a 30-year-old French racer, was skiing the downhill course fast enough to win. He approched the Exit Bump in a tuck position...

Applications of sport psychology for the athlete with cerebral palsy.
September 22, 1990... Applications of Sport Psychology for the Athlete with Cerebral Palsy What the educator, coach, or sport psychologist continually must confront is a negative stereotype based upon false assumption about psychosocial factors that underlie...

Rural adapted physical education: an inservice training approach.
September 22, 1990... RURAL ADAPTED PHYSICAL EDUCATION: AN INSERVICE TRAINING APPROACH The past fifteen years have witnessed emergence of adapted physical education as a fundamental education service for disabled children. Enactment of federal and state...

Strategic positioning in the disabled sports community: a perspective from the new kids on the block. (Dwarf Athletic Association of America became 8th Group E member of U.S. Olympic Committee)
September 22, 1990... Strategic Positioning in the Disabled Sports Community In February 1989, the Dwarf Athletic Association of America (DAAA) became the eighth Group E member of the U.S. Olympic Committee. For our organization, incorporated in 1986, to become a...

Management of Juvenile Rheumatoid Activities: A Handbook for Occupational and Physical Therapists.
September 22, 1990... Management of juvenile rheumatoid activities: A handbook for occupational and physical therapists. Expressed purpose in writing this book was because little information for therapists could be found about managing children with juvenile...

Patrick and Emma Lou.
September 22, 1990... Patrick and Emma Lou. Patrick, who is a three and has cerevral palsy, is very excited. He is going to walk with his brand new walker. Only he finds that it is not quite as easy as it looks! There are so many things to remember. He gets...

Using the Aquatic Environment for Teaching Handicapped Children: A Manual for Teachers and Parents.
September 22, 1990... Using the aquatic environment for teaching handicapped children: A manual for teachers and parents. This manual has been designed to provide teachers and parents with a comprehensive, practical resource for teaching children with...

Sports and Recreation for the Disabled: A Resource Manual.
September 22, 1990... Sports and recreation for the disabled: A resource manual. This comprehensive resource manula was written for professionals who provide services to people with disabilities, and for disabled individuals who are interested in leading active...

Tennis in a Wheelchair.
September 22, 1990... Tennis in a wheelchair. Little if anything has been overlooked or omitted in this comprehensive guide to tennis in wheelchair. In addition to basic information (i.e., history of wheelchair tennis, general rules and regulations for tennis,...

Guide to Healthy Eating.
September 22, 1990... Guide to healthy eating. This bimonthly health and nutrition newsletter appeals to the general reader with up-to-date information on cholesterol, weight control, cancer prevention, psychology of changing long-standing eating habits, and...

Sports Medicine, 2d ed.
September 22, 1990... Sports Medicine (Second Edition). Twenty-nine chapters, each written bya leading authority on sports medicine topics, are presented and divided into four book sections: (I) Introduction deals with sports medicine in the world today,...

Container Gardening for the Handicapped: Ideas on How to Garden If You Are Handicapped.
September 22, 1990... Container gardening for the handicapped: Ideas on how to garden if you are handicapped. This book has been designed so the individual who is in a wheelchair, uses crutches or an electric scooter can again garden or take up gardening as a...

Response to maximal exercise in male paraplegics.
September 22, 1990... Response to Maximal Exercise in Male Paraplegics Introduction It has been reported that many individuals in wheelchairs engage in sedentary life styles which may be a contributing factor to early loss in fitness levels. Daily...

Self-actualization of wheelchair athletes.
September 22, 1990... Self-Actualization of Wheelchair Athletes Introduction Characteristics of good athletes are similar to those posited in the self-actualization theory. Self-actualization theory has evolved over the past 25 years as a viable approach...

Leonardo Cross. (Focus on Training)
September 22, 1990... Leonardo Cross Background: After 12 years in the profession of sports and recreation for individuals with disabilities, it is both frustrating and encouraging to realize that in many respects we have just scratched the surface. The recent...

Acknowledging the sweet tooth. (Sport Nutrition) (column)
September 22, 1990... Acknowledging the Sweet Tooth It is no secret that sports and sweet cravings go hand in hand, and that a sweet tooth commonly hides in even the most nutrition conscious among us. Vitamin M (M&Ms) and Vitamin C-3 (Chocolate Chip Cookies) are...

The Americans With Disability Act of 1989: is emancipation at hand?
September 22, 1990... The Americans With Disability Act of 1989: Is Emancipation at Hand? People with disabilities have maintained for years that major obstacles they confron are not a consequence of their disabilities, but arise from number, degree, and...