Ch32 Key Terms - Adaptive Athletes Flashcards
A person with disabilities participating in competitive or recreational sports.
Adaptive athlete
A behavioral syndrome that causes short attention span, impulsive behavior, and restlessness.
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Abnormal function of the nervous system associated with spinal cord injuries; can lead to dangerously high blood pressure.
Autonomic dysreflexia
A molded bucket seat mounted on two skis (with or without a suspension system).
Bi-ski
The seat of a sit-ski, handcycle, or hockey sled in which the adaptive athlete is secured.
Bucket
A small, surgically implanted electronic device for deaf persons that works like an artificial human cochlea in the inner ear, helping to send sound from the ear to the brain.
Cochlear implant
Impairment of brain function that limits the ability to process information and reach reasoned conclusions.
Cognitive disability
Impairment of information processing that makes learning new information difficult.
Dyslexia
Inability to express speech normally.
Expressive aphasia
An adaptive skier with two legs who also uses two outriggers.
Four-track adaptive skier
A trained person who assists an adaptive athlete (such as a blind skier or a bi-skier) in the field.
Guide
A molded bucket seat mounted on suspension bindings to a single ski.
Mono-ski
A pouch worn over the stoma created by an ostomy to collect stool or urine.
Ostomy bag
Adaptive ski poles with snort ski tips attached to crutch-like handles that are used by three-track and tour-track adaptive skiers to assist with balance and agility.
Outrigger
People who do not have use of the legs from paralysis caused by illness or injury; the loss is usually sensory and motor.
Paraplegics
An artificial device designed to replace a missing or impaired part of the body; also called an artificial limb.
Prosthetic
People who do not nave use of the legs and arms from paralysis caused by illness or injury.
Quadriplegics
A device consisting of a “bucket” or seat in which the adaptive skier sits. It has one or two skis attached to the bucket.
Sit-ski
A device that attaches to the front of each ski and holds the skis a fixed distance apart, so that the tips do not cross or spread apart.
Ski bra
A bar placed under the heels of adaptive skiers to keep the rear of the skis separated and fixed. Otten used in conjunction with ski tip tethers to facilitate a stable wedge ski position.
Ski spreader
A device that attaches to skis and utilizes a waist harness and arm rests to help support an adaptive skier in a standing position
Ski stander
A flat board that is used to help an adaptive athlete transfer to or from a wheelchair.
Sliding board
A device like a walker with small ski tips attached that allows a standing adaptive skier to snuffle on the snow.
Snow slider
A surgical port created in the body by surgery to allow the elimination of stool or urine. For ostomies, it is located on the abdomen and is dark pink in color. A pouch (ostomy bag) is worn over the stoma to collect stool or urine.
Stoma
