Social Functioning and Self-Esteem in Young People with Disabilities Participating in Adapted Competitive Sport

Dinomais, Mickaël; Gambart, G.; Bruneau, Alfred; Bontoux, L.; Deries, X.; Tessiot, C.; Richard, Isabelle

doi:10.1055/s-0030-1255118

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“…Dinomais et al investigated social functioning, quality of life and self-esteem in 496 young athletes with disabilities taking part in adapted competitive sports. The researchers noticed significantly higher social functioning scores in this population, which confirms the positive effect of sport on the general well-being of physically people with disabilities [ 32 ].…”

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Sexual Health of Polish Athletes with Disabilities

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et al. 2015

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The purpose of this study was to determine sexual functioning of Polish athletes with disabilities (including paralympians). The study encompassed 218 people with physical disabilities, aged between 18 and 45 (149 men and 69 women). The entire research population was divided into three groups: Polish paralympians (n = 45), athletes with disabilities (n = 126) and non-athletes with disabilities (n = 47). The quality of sexual life of Polish paralympians was measured by using the Polish version of Female Sexual Function Index and International Index of Erectile Function. Clinically significant erectile dysfunctions were most often diagnosed in non-athletes (83.33%) with 50% result of severe erectile dysfunctions, followed by athletes and paralympians with comparable results of 56.98% and 54.17% respectively (p = 0.00388). Statistically significant clinical sexual dysfunctions concerned lubrication, orgasm as well as pain domains, and prevailed among female non-athletes (68.42%, 68.42% and 57.89%). Practising sports at the highest level has a favourable effect on the sexuality of men and women with physical disabilities. Men with physical disabilities manifest more sexual disorders than women, an aspect which should be considered by health-care professionals working with people with disabilities.

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Sexual Health of Polish Athletes with Disabilities

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“…A study of 131 mobility impaired athletes who played either wheelchair rugby or wheelchair basketball found that playing an additional year of adaptive sport was associated with an approximately 4% increase in the likelihood of employment and concluded that a substantial economic benefit would result from increased participation in adaptive sport by people with mobility impairments (Lastuka & Cottingham, 2015). Other key psychosocial benefits of sports participation include: higher satisfaction with life scores in people with spinal cord injury and other physical disabilities (Tasiemski, Kennedy, Gardner, & Taylor, 2005; Yazicioglu, Yavuz, Goktepe, & Tan, 2012); enhanced quality of life in war veterans with disabilities and community-dwelling people with physical disabilities(Laferrier, Teodorski, & Cooper, 2015; Yazicioglu et al, 2012); higher self-esteem (Laferrier et al, 2015); improved social functioning in people with disabilities (Dinomais et al, 2010); and improved social integration in people with spinal cord injury (Hanson, Nabavi, & Yuen, 2001; McVeigh, Hitzig, & Craven, 2009).…”

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Performance-Focussed Sport – An Avenue to Gold-Medal Clinical Outcomes for People with Neurological Impairments?

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This paper investigates the premise that long-term engagement in performancefocussed sports training may lead to significantly enhanced clinical outcomes for people with neurological impairments (NI). The minimum volume of moderateintensity activity recommended for good health is 450 MET.minutes/week, although evidence from the general population indicates that outcomes may be enhanced by completing up to five times this volume (2250 MET.minutes/week) at vigorous (rather than moderate) intensity. Most studies evaluating physical activity interventions for people with NI deliver low volumes (<450 MET.minutes/week), which may explain why evidence for some clinical outcomes is weak. Athletes (with or without NI) who aim to achieve high-level sports performance undertake an increasingly large volume of vigorous intensity physical activity over several seasons. Evidence that people with NI may enhance clinical outcomes through performance-focussed sports training includes: evidence from studies investigating the benefits of high-intensity and/or high volume clinical exercise; scientific evidence from elite/high-level athletes; and anecdotal evidence from Paralympic athlete testimonials. Additionally, sports participants with NI may also accrue an important array of psychosocial benefits, including higher rates of employment, and higher satisfaction with life and social integration. Rigorous, prospective, longitudinal clinical monitoring of people with NI undertaking performance-focussed sports training are required to evaluate its clinical utility.

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“…6 Indirect improvement in life satisfaction might be due to improved exercise capacity, which seems to be positively correlated with improved functional independence, lower levels of depression, higher social status, and improved self-esteem in persons with SCI. 38,42 Moreover, genetics could influence both life satisfaction and exercise capacity in the general population. 41 Altogether, the findings in the literature support our findings of a positive relationship between wheelchair exercise capacity and life satisfaction.…”

Section: Exercise Capacity and Quality Of Life In Sci Patientsmentioning

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Longitudinal relationship between wheelchair exercise capacity and life satisfaction in patients with spinal cord injury: A cohort study in the Netherlands

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Groot

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The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

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Of 225 persons included, 130 attended two or more peak exercise tests, who were include in the analyses. Mean age at start was 39 years, 75% were male, 73% had paraplegia, and 76% had a traumatic lesion. Mean POpeak increased during the study from 32.9 to 55.9 Watts, mean VO2peak from 1.02 to 1.38 l/minute, and mean life satisfaction from 5.7 to 7.8. An increase of POpeak with 10 W was associated with a 0.3-point increase of life satisfaction (P = 0.01). An increase of VO2peak with 0.1 l/minute was associated with a 0.1-point increase of life satisfaction (P = 0.049). Conclusion High(er) wheelchair exercise capacity is related to high(er) life satisfaction in spinal cord injury patients.

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Social Functioning and Self-Esteem in Young People with Disabilities Participating in Adapted Competitive Sport

Cited by 16 publications

References 19 publications

Sexual Health of Polish Athletes with Disabilities

Sexual Health of Polish Athletes with Disabilities

Performance-Focussed Sport – An Avenue to Gold-Medal Clinical Outcomes for People with Neurological Impairments?

Longitudinal relationship between wheelchair exercise capacity and life satisfaction in patients with spinal cord injury: A cohort study in the Netherlands

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