Abstract Background Goalball is a Paralympic sport for visually impaired athletes. Although it
is widely practiced, a great variety of tests are adopted to evaluate athletes' physical fitness …

Goalball has been highlighted as a reference disabled sport from educational levels to its
participation in the Paralympic Games, where the effects of this sport on balance and its …

Goalball is a Paralympic sport involving people with visual impairment. Little is known about
the physical fitness of elite players of this sport, as previous studies only evaluated body …

This study aims to examine the relationship between postural perfor-mance, physical fitness
level, and shooting performance in Olympic fe-male goalball players. Eight Olympic-level …

This study aimed to test the reliability, sensitivity, construct and logical validity of an adapted
Special Judo Fitness Test (SJFT) for judo athletes with visual impairment. Twenty judo …

Introduction After the decision to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Games due to the COVID-19
pandemic, athletes had to adjust to a novel situation with feelings of uncertainty and …

Research has yet to explore the long-term influences of physical fitness parameters on
goalball and how COVID-19 affected athletes' training program. This study evaluated the …

The Olympic/Paralympic Games are world events that promote countries and their
participants, and more particularly, those winning medals. The potential link between a …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of three simulated goalball games on
neuromuscular, physiological, perceptual, and technical parameters. Ten male players …

The aim of this study was to compare the relationship and difference between velocity
attained at maximal oxygen consumption (vVO2max) and 1000-m time trials in Para athletes …