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The impact of intellectual disabilities on elite sports performance

Pages 251-267 | Received 30 Oct 2014, Accepted 22 Jun 2015, Published online: 01 Sep 2015

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Debbie Van Biesen, Jan Burns, Jennifer Mactavish, Peter Van de Vliet & Yves Vanlandewijck. (2021) Conceptual model of sport-specific classification for para-athletes with intellectual impairment. Journal of Sports Sciences 39:sup1, pages 19-29.
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Jennifer Clegg & Christine Bigby. (2017) Debates about dedifferentiation: twenty-first century thinking about people with intellectual disabilities as distinct members of the disability group. Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 4:1, pages 80-97.
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K. E. Sakalidis, J. Pérez‐Tejero, M. Khudair & F. J. Hettinga. (2023) Ball possessions and game rhythm in basketball games involving players with and without intellectual impairments. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 68:1, pages 23-33.
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Fraser Carson & Julia Walsh. (2023) Coaching athletes with an intellectual disability at a national championship tournament. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching 18:5, pages 1420-1429.
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Adrián García-Fresneda, Apostolos S. Theodorou, Vassilios Panoutsakopoulos, Miguel Angel Torralba Jordán, Josep-Maria Padullés, Xavier Padullés & Mariana C. Kotzamanidou. (2022) Step regulation in Paralympic long jumpers with intellectual impairment. European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity 15, pages 10-10.
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Roi Charles Pineda, Ralf Th Krampe, Yves Vanlandewijck & Debbie Van Biesen. (2021) Cognitive–motor multitasking in athletes with and without intellectual impairment. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports 32:2, pages 424-434.
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Debbie Van Biesen. (2021) Virtus Academy - driving the development of elite sport for athletes with intellectual impairment. European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity 14:2, pages 8-8.
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Debbie Van Biesen, Adriana Marin‐Urquiza, Katina McCulloch & Tine Van Damme. (2020) Comparison of Sport Competitive Anxiety Levels of Flemish athletes with and without intellectual disability. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 34:2, pages 516-524.
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Kandianos Emmanouil Sakalidis, Jan Burns, Debbie Van Biesen, Waleed Dreegia & Florentina Johanna Hettinga. (2021) The impact of cognitive functions and intellectual impairment on pacing and performance in sports. Psychology of Sport and Exercise 52, pages 101840.
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Roi Charles Pineda, Ralf Th Krampe, Yves Vanlandewijck & Debbie Van Biesen. (2020) Reliability of center of pressure excursion as a measure of postural control in bipedal stance of individuals with intellectual disability: A pilot study. PLOS ONE 15:10, pages e0240702.
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Rosanna Gilderthorp, Jan Burns & Fergal Jones. (2018) Classification and Intellectual Disabilities: An Investigation of the Factors That Predict the Performance of Athletes With Intellectual Disability. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology 12:3, pages 285-301.
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Jan Burns. 2018. The Palgrave Handbook of Paralympic Studies. The Palgrave Handbook of Paralympic Studies 417 437 .
Debbie Van Biesen, Katina McCulloch, Luc Janssens & Yves C. Vanlandewijck. (2017) The relation between intelligence and reaction time in tasks with increasing cognitive load among athletes with intellectual impairment. Intelligence 64, pages 45-51.
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Anna van Dijk, Klára Daďová & Irena Martínková. (2017) Intellectual disability sport and Paralympic classification. AUC KINANTHROPOLOGICA 53:1, pages 21-34.
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