PMID- 37032436
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20231004
LR  - 20231016
IS  - 1541-3144 (Electronic)
IS  - 0194-2638 (Linking)
VI  - 43
IP  - 6
DP  - 2023
TI  - Utility of a Pediatric Adaptive Sports Clinic: A Case Series Review.
PG  - 645-656
LID - 10.1080/01942638.2023.2197046 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Limited funding is available for athletes with disabilities in the 
      United Kingdom. This compounds the barriers to participation and development that 
      already exist. METHOD: To combat this growing problem, a Multi-Disciplinary 
      Pediatric Adaptive Sports Clinic was formed. RESULT: Fifteen athletes with 
      disabilities attended the Clinic from November 2017 to November 2019. In our 
      cohort, there were 10 males and 5 females (age range: 13-18 years). Most athletes 
      participated at a grassroots level (n = 9). The range of diagnoses included 
      cerebral palsy, Ehlers Danlos syndrome and congenital hand differences. 
      Forty-four appointments were made after the initial meeting with a 95% attendance 
      rate. Improvements beyond the minimal clinically important differences (MCID) for 
      the Patient Specific Functional Scale, Numerical Pain Rating Scale, and Medical 
      Research Council Manual Muscle Testing Scale were noted in over half of cases. 
      CONCLUSION: With a focus on injury prevention and strength and conditioning 
      techniques, this clinic supported athletes to successfully compete from a 
      recreational to an elite level across all types of sports and adolescent ages by 
      providing patient-specific regimens. Our case series provides preliminary 
      evidence to suggest the formation of similar clinics that can support athletes 
      with disabilities across a range of sports.
FAU - Taib, Bilal
AU  - Taib B
AD  - Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
FAU - Ma, Yangmyung
AU  - Ma Y
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1118-2164
AD  - Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
FAU - Tandon, Rohan
AU  - Tandon R
AD  - Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
FAU - Knight, Rebecca
AU  - Knight R
AD  - Physiokinetic Limited, High Performance Centre, University of Birmingham, 
      Birmingham, UK.
FAU - Gosling, Michael
AU  - Gosling M
AD  - Physiokinetic Limited, High Performance Centre, University of Birmingham, 
      Birmingham, UK.
FAU - Gregory, Kim
AU  - Gregory K
AD  - Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
FAU - Sunderland, Laura
AU  - Sunderland L
AD  - Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
FAU - Baldrighi, Carla
AU  - Baldrighi C
AD  - Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
FAU - Oestreich, Kerstin
AU  - Oestreich K
AD  - Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
FAU - Jester, Andrea
AU  - Jester A
AD  - Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230409
PL  - England
TA  - Phys Occup Ther Pediatr
JT  - Physical & occupational therapy in pediatrics
JID - 8109120
SB  - IM
MH  - Male
MH  - Child
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Sports for Persons with Disabilities
MH  - *Sports
MH  - Athletes
MH  - *Disabled Persons
MH  - United Kingdom
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Athletes with disabilities
OT  - injury prevention
OT  - multi-disciplinary
OT  - sports clinic
OT  - strength and conditioning
EDAT- 2023/04/10 06:00
MHDA- 2023/10/04 06:43
CRDT- 2023/04/09 23:42
PHST- 2023/10/04 06:43 [medline]
PHST- 2023/04/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/04/09 23:42 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/01942638.2023.2197046 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Phys Occup Ther Pediatr. 2023;43(6):645-656. doi: 10.1080/01942638.2023.2197046. 
      Epub 2023 Apr 9.