Last update: Mgr. Eva Prokešová, Ph.D. (09.06.2020)
This subject introduces some basic aspects of disability and handicap (integration, adaptation, sport organizations, psychosocial area)
and describes biomedical aspects and possibilities of physical activity for people with particular disability or handicap.
Successful student should have basic overview of this broad issue. He/she should be able to think about specific
adaptations in sport and should be able to advise patients about adequate and available form of physical activity.
Aim of the course
Last update: Mgr. Eva Prokešová, Ph.D. (30.08.2023)
This subject aims to show adapted physical activities as a complex way of an active lifestyle for people with disabilities. Competencies: Student will have basic overview of APA. He/she will be able to think about specific adaptations in sport and to advise patients about adequate and available form of physical activity.
Learning outcomes
Student is able to:
- Define a concept of Adapted physical education and adapted physical activities
- State the most important milestones of disability spor history and list international organizations in APA
- Describe classification system for elite sport
- List sutable physical activities and sports for people with locomotor disability, psychosocial disability, physiological disability, indications and contraindications, special considerations
Literature -
Last update: ZEITHAMMEROVA/FTVS.CUNI.CZ (31.03.2010)
Australian Sports Commission. Give it a go: Including people with disabilities in sport and physical activities. 2001
Australian Sports Commission. Coaching Athletes with Disabilities. 2005
DePauw, K. P. & Gavron, S. J. Disability Sport. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetice, 2005. ISBN: 0-7360-4638-0
Lieberman, L. J. & Houston-Wilson, C. Strategies for Inclusion. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 2002. ISBN: 0-7360-0324-X
Kasser, S. L. & Lytle, R. K. Inclusive Physical Aktivity : a lifetime of opportunities. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 2005. ISBN: 0-7360-3684-9
Sherrill, C. Adapted Physical Activity, Recreation and Sport : Crossdisciplinary and Lifespan. Boston: WCB/McGraw-Hill, 1998, 1993. ISBN: 0-697-25887-4
ACSM. ACSM´s exercise management for persons with chronic diseases and disabilities. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 1997. ISBN: 0-87322-798-0
ACSM. ACSM´s exercise management for persons with chronic diseases and disabilities. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 2003. sec.ed. ISBN: 0-7360-3872-8
Internet sources:
http://www.specialolympics.org
Last update: PUCHMERTLOVA/FTVS.CUNI.CZ (14.03.2008)
SHERRILL, C. (Ed.). Adapted Physical Activity, Recreation and Sport: Crossdisciplinary and Lifespan. 5. ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 1998. ISBN 0-697-25887-4.
Australian Sports Commission. Give it a go: Including people with disabilities in sport and physical activities. 2001.
KÁBELE, J. Sport vozíčkářů. 1. vyd. Praha : Olympia, 1992.
RADA EVROPY. Evropská charta sportu pro všechny: zdravotně postižené osoby. MŠMT ČR : 1996.
Requirements to the exam
Last update: ZEITHAMMEROVA/FTVS.CUNI.CZ (29.03.2010)
to be present at 75 % of all lectures (for "visits or guests", it is 100 %)
essay on selected topic - group work
Syllabus -
Last update: ZEITHAMMEROVA/FTVS.CUNI.CZ (29.03.2010)
1. Introduction to the field of APA. Importance of APE and APA. History of disability sport, national and international organizations.
2. Sociology of APA. Psychological considerations, motivation and adherence in sports.
3. Adaptation. Technological development, special aids for ADL and sport.
4. Assessment methods in APA. Exercise prescription (general + applied for people with disabilities).
5. Classification for elite sport.
6. Physical activities and sport for people with hearing loss and visual impairment.
7. Physical activities and sport for people with locomotor handicap (e.g. amputation, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury).
8. Physical activities and sport for people with psychosocial disabilities (e.g. mental retardation, autism etc).
9. Physical activities and sport for people with ?physiological" disabilities (e.g. cardiovascular disorders, diabetes etc.). Examples of reconditioning camps.
10. Summer and winter sports for people with disabilities (adaptations, rules, classes etc.).
11. Seminar with guest (athlete with disability).
12. - 14. Visit in a disability sport club. Seminar with invited guest. (both will be specified).
Last update: PUCHMERTLOVA/FTVS.CUNI.CZ (14.03.2008)
Přednášky:
Úvod do problematiky a význam TVS pro zdravotně postižené. Základní terminologie. Definice a rozdělení zdravotních postižení.
Historie tělovýchovy a sportu zdravotně postižených. Organizace sdružující zdravotně postižené sportovce a profesionály pracující v oboru.
Psychosociální aspekty postižení a aplikovaných tělesných aktivit. Komunikace se zdravotně postiženými lidmi.
Testování a pohybový režim zdravotně postižených. Problematika klasifikace ve vrcholovém sportu.
Problematika integrace a dostupnosti aktivit. Adaptace a její principy.
Kompenzační pomůcky pro sport zdravotně postižených.
Vybrané letní a zimní sporty pro zdravotně postižené (pravidla, adaptace, klasifikace).
Semináře:
TVS zrakově a sluchově postižených. Biomedicínská charakteristika (příčiny, důsledky, rozdělení a specifika). Možnosti, indikace a kontraindikace pohybových aktivit. Speciální pomůcky. Kasuistiky.
