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From 21-24 June 1989 the International Federation of Adapted Physical Activity (IF APA) held its 7th International Symposium "Adapted Physical Activity -An Interdisciplinary Approach" in Berlin (West). This was the first time that this symposium has been held in a German speaking country, and it presented unique challenges to the organizers. For example, neither the term nor the field of adapted physical activity was known in Germany before the symposium. Thus, at the outset, the organizers' task was to definethe meaning of adapted physical activity as a concept and to identify areas and professionals associated with it. After lengthy and intense discussions we agreed on the following definition: Adapted physical activity refers to movement, physical activity, and sports in which special emphasis is placed on the interests and capabilities of individuals with limiting conditions, such as the disabled, health impaired or aged. Despite the fact that the use of an English term for a symposium in Germany would not be accepted by all German speaking professionals, it was decided to use this term because no translation appeared to be fully adequate. "Sports for the Disabled", "Modified Movement Activites", "Sport Therapy", or "Psychomotor Exercises" would have represented only single aspects of adapted physical activity and were thus incomplete.

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Adapted physical activity

Broadhead G. D.

3-9

Comments on adapted physical activity

Kiphard E. J.

11-13

Adapted physical activity — an interdisciplinary approach

Jochheim K.-A.

15-22

Interdisciplinary perspectives in adapted physical activity

Sherrill C.

23-28

Fitness and health

Shephard Roy J.

31-36

Matching the activity to ability

Brown Alison

37-41

The concept of empowerment in rehabilitative sports

Hutzler Y.

43-51

Physical activity of finnish adults studied according to age, sex, and place of residence

Mälkiä E.

53-58

Physical activity in the lives of three mentally handicapped adults

Tilley A. D.

59-62

Sports for athletes with disabilities

Steadward R. D.

65-73

A comparison between the psychological profiles of wheelchair athletes, wheelchair nonathletes, and able-bodied athletes

Jacobs D. P.; Roswal G. M.; Horuat M. A.; Gorman D. R.

75-79

The development from a medical classification to a player classification in wheelchair basketball

Craven P. L.

81-86

The mechanical power output of world class wheelchair athletes

Nadeau M.; Léveillé P.; Quessy M.; Royer D.

87-91

A kinematic analysis of wheelchair propulsion

Steadward R. D.

93-99

Track wheelchair ergometry

Gayle G. W.; Davis G. M.; Pohlman R. L.; Glaser R. M.

101-107

Table tennis for wheelchair users

Gysemans L.

109-114

Winter sports for wheelchair users

Kuhn W.; Deville A.

115-118

Training methods for high performance disabled athletes

Eriksson P.; Steadward R. D.

119-124

The effects of weight training and flexibility exercising on the strength, range of motion, and spasticity/muscle tone of elite cerebral palsy athletes

Holland L. J.; Steadward R. D.

125-129

Role conflict in a sport psychologist

White S. A.; Zientek C.

131-134

Acceptance and access by accentuation of ability

Little M. T.

137-143

Training the non disabled to interact positively with the disabled

Halpenny R.

145-147

Attitudes of selected college students toward including disabled individuals in integrated settings

DePauw K. P.; Goc Karp G.

149-157

Downstream or upstream with mainstreaming? — handicapped students at finnish secondary schools

Heikinaro-Johansson P.; Telama R.

159-165

Moving into mainstreaming — an integrated approach to adapted physical education

Henderson N.

167-170

Effects of an integrated adapted physical education program on psychomotor and cognitive parameters of mentally retarded adolescents

Fediuk F.

171-175

Integrating physically handicapped into sport

Gärtner A.

177-181

A ball game for teams of blind and seeing children

Wurzel B.

183-187

Theater and handicap

Reuter W.

189-192

United states congressional legislation affecting physical education for the handicapped

Churton M. W.

195-200

Methodological considerations in program development

Dunn J. Michael

201-205

Program validation through systematic data recording

Rintala P.

207-211

A comparison of behavior chaining techniques for teaching motor fitness skills to individuals with severe mental retardation

Decker J. T.

213-219

Psychomotor therapy and adapted physical activity

Van Coppenolle H.

221-225

Common features of different types of movement education and movement therapy

Weiss U.

227-231

Adapted physical education

Morisbak I.

235-243

Effective teaching in adapted physical education

Vogler E. W.; DePaepe J.; Martinek T.

245-250

Critical results regarding motor development in infants

Scheid V.

251-256

Meaning of play

Gleason J. J.

257-263

A comparative study between 1973 and 1986 on the level of physical fitness and ability of physically handicapped students in the junior middle schools, taiwan, republic of China

Chen Tsai-yee

267-274

Exercise therapy in disability

Croce R.; Horvat M.; McCubbin J.

275-279

Effects of physical exercise in adolescents with Down's syndrome

Eberhard Y.; Eterradossi J.

281-287