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Disability and Rehabilitation Volume 32, 2010 - Issue 26: 4th International State-of-the-Art-Congress ‘Rehabilitation: Mobility, Exercise & Sports’
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Boosting in athletes with high-level spinal cord injury: knowledge, incidence and attitudes of athletes in paralympic sport

Yagesh BhambhaniFaculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jennifer MactavishFaculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, University of Manitoba, Canada
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Sharon WarrenFaculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada
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Walter R. ThompsonDepartment of Kinesiology and Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Anthony WebbornSussex Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, Chelsea School Research Centre, University of Brighton, UK
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Elizabeth BressanDepartment of Sport Science, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
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Marco Tuilo De MelloMedicina e Biologia do Sono, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Sean TweedySchool of Human Movement Studies, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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Laurie MaloneLakeshore Foundation, Research and Education, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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Kennet FrojdSwedish Development Centre for Disability and Sport and University of Gavle, Sweden
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Peter Van De VlietMedical and Scientific Director, International Paralympic Committee, Bonn, Germany
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Yves VanlandewijckFaculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Catholique University, Leuven, Belgium
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Pages 2172-2190 | Accepted 01 Jun 2010, Published online: 26 Nov 2010

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