Citation

Meier M. Soz. Praventivmed. 1976; 21(6): 285-290.

Vernacular Title

Aufbau und Ziele des Invalidensportes in der Schweiz

Copyright

(Copyright © 1976, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

139048

Abstract

The main objective of sport for the handicapped is the maintenance and improvement of physical performance. Sport for the handicapped is also a social hygienic question. We cannot ignore what is happening to the handicapped during their whole life-time: whether they get more and more stiff, unflexible and clumsy, lose their ability to move and become a burden to the society too early. Regular physical activity can work wonders. Many of them find the relation to the public life and their lost self-confidence returned as a result of participating in physical activity programs. They become happier and motivated for their daily work. They discover a new sense of life in proving to themselves that, in spite of their handicap, they are able to achieve considerable performances, a healthier state, and are generally happier and more flexible up to an old age. In conclusion, sport for the handicapped should achieve the following: give pleasure of life, increase courage, promote comradeship, reinforce self-confidence, improve independence, and take away inhibitions and inferiority complexes.

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