Shogo Tsutsumi, Junpei Sasadai, Noriaki Maeda, Yuki Tamura, Takumi Nagao, Tomoya Watanabe, Satoshi Arima, Kazuki Kaneda, Mitsuhiro Yoshimi, Rami Mizuta, Honoka Ishihara, Reia Shimizu, Kazuki Fukui, Tsubasa Tashiro, Makoto Komiya, Akira Suzuki, Yukio Urabe
OBJECTIVE: In Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, there were the rule and goal size changes at the blind football competition. This study aimed to compare the scoring and head impact characteristics during blind football competition between the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games using the official videos. DESIGN: Video-based observational study. PARTICIPANTS: In total, 36 blind football (men's football 5-a-side) game videos were obtained from the official International Paralympic Committee...
April 2, 2024: BMJ Open