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The parasport experience of people with physical impairments

Physical impairment is the most common type of impairment in Sweden. It is estimatedthat 500,000 to 600,000 individuals in the population have a physical impairment.People with physical impairments have higher rates of chronic diseases, report lowerperceived health, and experience more depressive symptoms than the rest of thepopulation. Physical activity has been linked to a variety of health benefits for peoplewith a physical impairment. Next to this, individuals who are physically active have avariety of benefits in physiological, emotional, cognitive, and social categories. Thisthesis defines the motivations and benefits of parasport participation for people with aphysical impairment at FIFH Malmö and what their journeys of parasport participationentail. In total 14 people that participate in parasports offered by FIFH filled out amixed methods survey with both multiple choice and open-ended questions.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-63060
Date January 2023
CreatorsBischoff, Helene Osvang
PublisherMalmö universitet, Institutionen Idrottsvetenskap (IDV)
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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