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Senior Lecturer
School of Human Movement and Nutrition SciencesFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
What do adults with intellectual disability understand about their health and health needs? A focus group study… Disability sports… passionate about engaging in research to improve the lives of people with disabilities through sport… reliability. Normal performance ranges were developed to allow results of athletes with a disability…
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Dr Emma Beckman is a Teaching and Research academic at the University of Queensland. Emma is passionate about engaging in research to improve the lives of people with disabilities through sport. Following a master’s degree in Adapted physical activity, Emma completed her PhD in strength assessment …
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Research Fellow - Paralympics
School of Human Movement and Nutrition SciencesFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
Disability sports… Paralympic classification systems aim to promote participation in sport by people with disabilities…
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- m.connick@uq.edu.au
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Dr Mark Connick is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland. His research is funded by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and is a member of the IPC Classification Research and Development Centre.
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Associate Professor
School of Human Movement and Nutrition SciencesFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
Cerebral palsy is the most common type of physical disability impacting on 1 in 500 children, with… A National Initiative for Increasing Sports Participation among Australians with a Disability… Motor Accident Insurance Commission Queensland Teaching and Community Service Rehabilitation Research Fellowship in Physical Activity and Disability… Sean has two primary research interests in the field of physical activity and disability… purpose (to promote participation in sport by people with disabilities by minimising the impact of…
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- s.tweedy@uq.edu.au
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Sean has two primary research interests in the field of physical activity and disability:
1. Increasing physically active behaviour among people with disabilities : The health benefit of physical activity for the general population is well established and research indicates that the health benefit …
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Associate Professor
School of Human Movement and Nutrition SciencesFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesAssociate Professor
School of PsychologyFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
Practical considerations for working with athletes with disabilities… This paper presents general considerations for working with athletes with disabilities and the…
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- s.hanrahan@uq.edu.au
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Originally from the United States, Stephanie Hanrahan came to Australia for 3 years to complete her PhD at The University of Western Australia in the area of attributional style in sport. She forgot to go back to the USA. After 15 months at the University of Otago in New Zealand, Dr Hanrahan joined …
Her intervention programs that combine physically active games with mental skills training have been shown to enhance the life satisfaction, self-worth, happiness, and resilience of marginalised adolescents and young adults.
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