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Quality of life of wheelchair rugby players

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15510%2F17%3A73584416" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15510/17:73584416 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Alternative codes found

    RIV/61989592:15510/17:73589907

  • Result on the web

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Quality of life of wheelchair rugby players

  • Original language description

    Quality of life (QOL) of persons with disabilities has recently become focus of studies in various academic disciplinesThere is 250–500 thousands new cases of spinal cord injury annually, with majority being caused by accidents. Spinal cord injury (SCI) makes significant impact on person’s lives as only one third of persons with SCI are able to return to jobs they did prior to acquiring SCI and majority of them cannot return to the hobbies or sports. The purpose of this study was to show the effect of sport participation in wheelchair rugby on QOL of persons with spinal cord injury. Twenty male wheelchair rugby players – athletes with tetraplegia, who are engages in regular organized physical activity – wheelchair rugby training and competition (mean age = 32.50, SD = 8.46). Sixteen persons with tetraplegia (all males) who were not actively engaging in sports – not participating in an organized physical activity (mean age = 39.44, SD = 7.44). While results of wheelchair rugby players were higher in all four domains of QOL, the only significant difference was found in domain one focusing on perceived physical health.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Result continuities

  • Project

  • Continuities

    S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Others

  • Publication year

    2017

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity

  • ISSN

    1803-3857

  • e-ISSN

  • Volume of the periodical

    10

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    2

  • Country of publishing house

    CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

  • Number of pages

    6

  • Pages from-to

    31-35

  • UT code for WoS article

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database

    2-s2.0-85042428036