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Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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Roles of Physicians and Legacy of Sports for the Impaired Before and After the Tokyo Paralympic Games, 2021
Author(s): Tetsuo Suyama*, Fumihiro Tajima, Akihisa Torii, Miho Kikuchi and Keiichi Takei
Many Paralympic athletes have complications of and disorders of motor-organs and viscera with symptoms
accompanying impairments. For this reason, medical care for the said athlete during the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic
Games will especially be important. Japanese Para-Sports Association has been holding lecture classes on medical
management for the Paralympic athletes since 2005. Physicians authorized by The Association are to be dispatched to
the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games as members of the medical team for the Games.
In this report, we would like to mention that the legacy of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games is the promotion of
symbiotic society which socially influences not only the persons with impairments but also those without
impairments considering the improvement of competitiveness of athletes and the influence on the whole society... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2329-9096.21.s6.003