Physiotherapist Classifiers Ensure Competitive Fair Play in Para-Archery

Pauline Betteridge

DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2010.0103

Over the past 30 years, physiotherapists have played an important role in the continuous refinement of the classification system related to sports participation for athletes with disabilities. This guest editorial is intended to provide a brief history of this evolution, an evolution that in many respects has shifted the focus away from the medical diagnosis to concerns related more to the impact of a disease or condition on the person's function and overall health.

J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2010;40(3):130-132. doi:10.2519/jospt.2010.0103

KEY WORDS: Paralympic Games, physical therapy

This guest editorial is intended to provide a brief history of this evolution, an evolution that in many respects has shifted the focus away from the medical diagnosis to concerns related more to the impact of a disease or condition on the person's function and overall health.

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