Publications by authors named "R M Weiler"
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- Para athletes face unique health challenges and often struggle to access proper healthcare services, making the Periodic Health Evaluation (PHE) an important tool for monitoring their health and performance.
- A panel of 15 international experts collaborated to create guidelines focused on comprehensive health assessments for Para athletes, addressing various categories of impairment, including intellectual, musculoskeletal, neurological, and vision.
- The PHE not only helps identify and address health issues specific to Para athletes but also serves as a platform for education on preventive strategies, ultimately aiming to enhance their overall health and athletic performance.
Objectives: To investigate if the sport concussion assessment tool version 5 (SCAT5) could be suitable for application to Para athletes with a visual impairment, a spinal cord injury, or a limb deficiency.
Methods: A 16-member expert panel performed a Delphi technique protocol. The first round encompassed an open-ended questionnaire, with round 2 onwards being composed of a series of closed-ended statements requiring each expert's opinion using a five-point Likert scale.
The Paspalum genus has potential for further genetic improvement because of its adaptability to different ecosystems and production of high yields for grazing livestock. We estimate the genetic parameters of 195 intraspecific P. notatum hybrids using Restricted Maximum Likelihood (REML), followed by selection based on Best Linear Unbiased Prediction (BLUP) through multivariate analysis.
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