Computerized Search of Scientific Literature on Sport for Disabled Persons

A computerized search of literature on sport for disabled persons referenced in the MEDLINE (Index Medicus) and the SPORTDiscus (Sport International Resource Center SIRO databases yielded 253 records published during the past 15 years. An analysis of these records by disability, age, and scientific...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Perceptual and motor skills 1999-06, Vol.88 (3_suppl), p.1189-1192
Hauptverfasser:	Hutzler, Yeshayahu, Felis, Osnat
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Age Factors Aged Child Databases, Bibliographic - statistics & numerical data Disability Disabled Persons - classification Disabled Persons - psychology Female Humans Male MEDLINE - statistics & numerical data People with disabilities Periodicals as Topic - statistics & numerical data Physiology - statistics & numerical data Psychology - statistics & numerical data Publishing - statistics & numerical data Publishing - trends Sex Factors Sports Sports - statistics & numerical data Websites Wheelchairs - statistics & numerical data Wheelchairs - utilization
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Zusammenfassung:	A computerized search of literature on sport for disabled persons referenced in the MEDLINE (Index Medicus) and the SPORTDiscus (Sport International Resource Center SIRO databases yielded 253 records published during the past 15 years. An analysis of these records by disability, age, and scientific discipline indicated that (a) publications related to physiology were most frequent (41%), followed by publications related to psychology (29%) (b) 58% of all records had wheelchair users as subjects; and (c) children were exclusive subjects in 10% and females in less than 2% of the records reviewed in this search.
ISSN:	0031-5125 1558-688X
DOI:	10.2466/pms.1999.88.3c.1189