%0 Journal Article %1 Reynolds1994 %A Reynolds, J. %A Stirk, A. %A Thomas, A. %A Geary, F. %D 1994 %J Br J Sports Med %K Amputees; Athletic Injuries; Blindness; Cerebral Palsy; Disabled Persons; Female; Great Britain; Health Facilities; Humans; Male; Patient Care Team; Physical Therapy Modalities; Spain; Sports; Sports Medicine; Wheelchairs %N 1 %P 14--17 %T Paralympics--Barcelona 1992. %V 28 %X The British Team at the 9th Paralympic Games in September 1992 in Barcelona comprised 151 men and 54 women athletes in a total of 15 sports. They were supported by a staff of 86 including a 12-strong medical team. The athletes were selected from the National Championships of the five disability organizations: British Wheelchair Sports Federation; British Blind Sport; Cerebral Palsy Sport; British Amputee Sports Association; and the British Les Autres Sports Association. This article outlines the organization and experience of the medical support team. The injury/illness profile was similar to those in able bodied sport. The team went on to achieve 40 gold, 47 silver and 41 bronze medals, maintaining third place on the medal table as achieved in Seoul in 1988.

@article{Reynolds1994, abstract = {The British Team at the 9th Paralympic Games in September 1992 in Barcelona comprised 151 men and 54 women athletes in a total of 15 sports. They were supported by a staff of 86 including a 12-strong medical team. The athletes were selected from the National Championships of the five disability organizations: British Wheelchair Sports Federation; British Blind Sport; Cerebral Palsy Sport; British Amputee Sports Association; and the British Les Autres Sports Association. This article outlines the organization and experience of the medical support team. The injury/illness profile was similar to those in able bodied sport. The team went on to achieve 40 gold, 47 silver and 41 bronze medals, maintaining third place on the medal table as achieved in Seoul in 1988.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T21:08:27.000+0200}, author = {Reynolds, J. and Stirk, A. and Thomas, A. and Geary, F.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2eaf9c7ebf6110480f148204c6ccf7a96/ar0berts}, groups = {public}, interhash = {9ee8b3023b1ad93d14795215414acd1f}, intrahash = {eaf9c7ebf6110480f148204c6ccf7a96}, journal = {Br J Sports Med}, keywords = {Amputees; Athletic Injuries; Blindness; Cerebral Palsy; Disabled Persons; Female; Great Britain; Health Facilities; Humans; Male; Patient Care Team; Physical Therapy Modalities; Spain; Sports; Sports Medicine; Wheelchairs}, month = Mar, number = 1, pages = {14--17}, pmid = {8044485}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T21:08:27.000+0200}, title = {Paralympics--Barcelona 1992.}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 28, year = 1994 }