The Paralympics and Technology

Sport engineering and science have been at the forefront of the Paralympics since the games were introduced at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury. Using sport as part of a rehabilitation program for injured soldiers, neurologist Sir Ludwig Guttman set up competitions with patients from other hospitals to coincide with the London Olympic Games. Over the following decade, hundreds of hospitals and injury units for the disabled became involved in using sport for rehabilitation, and now,

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