Programme – VISTA 2025

VISTA 2023 Scientific Programme

DAY 1 – Tuesday 31 October 2023 more details >>
11:00 – 20:00	Conference Registration Side events/Meetings
13.30 – 14:30	HALL A Keynote Address – Shuaib Chalklen – Setting the Scene
14:30 – 16:00	HALL A Invited Symposium 1 Performance Body composition and energy availability in female Paralympic athletes: Same or different as male athletes?	HALL B Oral Presentation #1 Protecting Athlete Health and Wellbeing 1 I forget I have a disability: Understanding young peoples’ experiences in disability sport and active recreation in Aotearoa New Zealand. Unequal Terrain: Historical and Structural Barriers to the Participation and Progress of Women in Para Sports. Exploring Lived Experiences of Kenyan Para-Athletes: Turning Barriers into Possibilities Transforming Public Engagement in Supporting People with Disabilities in Iran: A Socio-Cultural Model Advancing the Paralympic Movement through National Collaboration Parasport Brazil + Accessible: Evidence, Organization, and Knowledge Dissemination for Sustainable Development The Paralympic Pathway: Representation of Athletes with Intellectual Impairments in the Paralympic Games since their reinclusion in 2012
16:00 – 16:30	Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30	HALL A Oral Presentation Classification and vision	HALL B Oral Presentation Ethics and Integrity
18:00 – 21:00	CONFERENCE THEATER Opening Ceremony with Dinner Keynote Scientific Award Winner – David Howe Governmentality, the IPC and the culture of disability

DAY 2 – Wednesday 1 November 2023 more details >>
08:00 – 17:00	Conference Registration
08:30 – 09:25	HALL A Keynote Address – Scott Delp Optimize sport performance and catalyse innovations.
09:30 – 11:00	HALL A Oral Presentation # 2- Performance Biomechanics & Skill Acquisition Classification process: How do Turkish para-athletes interpret the experience? Challenging Summation in IWBF Classification: Towards Evidence-Based Functional Validity Return to sport in basketball players after lower limb injury and potential applications to wheelchair basketball eligibility: a scoping review Wheelchair handball classification system: purpose and validation evidence-based Surfing Performance in Kneeling Para Surfers with Spinal Cord Injuries, Amputations, and Cerebral Palsy Towards an Evidence-Based Biomechanical Characterization of Para-Standing Tennis	HALL B Oral Presentation #3- Novel Insights in Para Athlete Concussion Characterization of Healthcare Services Provided by the Medical Staff during the Santiago 2023 Parapan American Games Health profiles of African Para athletes from Periodic Health Evaluations during the 2023 and 2025 Commonwealth Games Federations (GAPS) camps Epidemiological Surveillance of Illnesses in Paralympic Athletes: Evidence from Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Urinary Symptoms and Sexual Dysfunction in National Level Wheelchair Rugby Male Athletes with Spinal Cord Injury Protective effect of high cardiorespiratory fitness against low-grade chronic inflammation in Paralympic Athletes with a locomotor impairment The Paralympic Athlete Voice: Understanding Team USA Para Athletes’ Experiences
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00	Invited Symposium 2 – Technology Science as a Driving Force for Human Performance	Oral Presentation #4- Classification Mix Advancing Concussion Assessment for Para Sport Athletes Through the Para SCAT6-WC Initiative Understanding concussion assessment and management in elite para athletes with vision impairment: a Delphi study Development of a Tandem Gait Alternative for Concussion Assessment in Para-Sport Athletes: Preliminary Effects of Sex, Concussion History, and Dual-Task Head acceleration in five-a-side football players with visual impairment: A laboratory-based exploratory study Mood, Sleep, and Stress of Support Staff During the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Exploring Concussion Sustainment, Identification, Management, and Recovery in Canadian Athletes who are Blind or Visually Impaired
13:00 – 14:30	Lunch
14:30 – 16:00	Invited Symposium 3 – Classification Criteria to Draw the Eligibility Line	Oral Presentation -#5 Inclusion in cultural context ‘We make a plan’: a qualitative study describing healthcare pathways, perceptions, and experiences of Para athletes and coaches from African countries Psychological monitoring and follow up procedures in Spanish Paralympic athletes: Our experience Psychological strain among national team para-athletes and its association with training load and coach–athlete relationship in Jordan Can we improve the Vision impaired (VI) sports classification process to augment measures of an athlete’s real-world visual status? Eye tracking for the classification of visual function in athletes with vision impairment Toward an Evidence-Based Classification System in Blind Baseball: Delphi Study
16:00 – 17:30	Poster Session	Side Event/visit
20:00 – 22:00	Social evening

Day 3- Thursday 2 November 2023 more details >>
08:30 – 09:25	Keynote Address – Wayne Derman
09:30 – 11:00	HALL A Oral Presentation#6 Athlete Health and Wellbeing 2 Para Swimming Classification System for Physical Impairments: Fairness perceptions of athletes and key stakeholders The effect of muscle fatigue on two objective tests for coordination impairment – A study in adults without impairments Assessment of Symmetry and Consistency in Individuals without Impairments in Bound and Triple Hop Tests used for Para-Athletics Classification Could Unilateral Assessments and Asymmetry Metrics Support Sport Class Allocation in Footballers with Cerebral Palsy? Intellectual Impairment Cognitive features in Para Sailing Classification Soft Skills for Performance: Coaches’ Perspectives in Sports for Athletes with Intellectual Disabilities	HALL B Oral Presentation #7 Experiences of Disability and Para Sport Using Virtual Reality as a Tool to Enhance Psychological State in the Paris 2024 Paralympics: An Analytical Evaluative Study Biomechanical mechanisms underlying propulsive force generation in wheelchair racing athletes Artificial Intelligence and Live Sports Analysis in Radio Pilot Study on Glove Material Effects in Wheelchair Racing Propulsion Using IMU Sensors On the Move pad – a portable multipurpose pad: User feedback The Effectiveness of Using Artificial Intelligence to Evaluate the Performance of Running for Children with Intellectual Disability
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00	HALL A Invited Symposium 4 Protecting the Health and Wellbeing of the Para Athlete	HALL B Oral Presentation #8 – Performance Testing & Thermoregulation Kinetic Analysis of the Surfing Pop-up in Standing Competitive Adaptive Surfers with Prosthetics A Study of Javelin Performance in Elite Paralympic Throwers Across Seated and Standing Functional Classes Effects of Thorax Immobilization on Fixed-Seat Ergometer Rowing Performance Physiological and Biochemical Responses and 400-m Performance in T54 Wheelchair Athletes during Four Weeks of Altitude Training Sprint and Change of Direction Velocity in Wheelchair Rugby Players Relationship between finish time and peak velocity in T54 400–1500-m wheelchair racing at the 2024 Para Athletics World Championships
13:00 – 14:30	Lunch
14:30 – 16:00	HALL A Invited Symposium 5 Integrity Challenges for Para Sport	HALL B Oral Presentation #9 Classification and the Trunk Applied Research Strategies for Sustainable Innovation in Para Sport Technology and Equipment Mechanomyographic evaluation of wrist muscle activation in athletes with disabilities Design and Development of a Hexagonal Testing System for the assessment of directional Reaction Time in Sitting Volleyball Athletes Cultural Intelligence, Conflict Resolution, and Sporting Success in Iranian Paralympic Athletes: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis Psychosocial Characteristic Considerations for Talent Identification of the Elite Para Athlete Game Statistic-Based Performance Indicators in Wheelchair Basketball: A Systematic Review of Trends and Insights
16:00 – 17:30	Coffee break and Poster Session and Exhibition
19:30 – 23:00	Gala Diner

Day 4 – Friday 3 November 2023

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08:30 – 09:30

HALL A

Keynote Address Danielle Peers

Transforming “Parasport Empowerment” from inspiring brand to accountable action

09:30 – 10:00

Coffee Break

10:00 – 11:00

HALL A

Oral Presentation

Issues with Legacy

HALL B

Oral Presentation –

Classification

11:00 – 12:30

Invited Symposium 6 –

Personal reflections on progress within the Paralympic Games

Oral Presentation #10

Inclusive Technology in Support of the Paralympic Movement

How athletes with vision impairment use their eyes to hit a ball
Training Camps as Psychosocial Interventions in Para-Sport: Promise, Pressure, and Possibility
Ti: Gross motor changes in swimmers with cerebral palsy (GMFCS IV): a single-case experimental design with 30-month follow-up
Entrenamiento de pliometría para mejorar la fuerza explosiva en Maylin Lascano deportista de ParaPowerlifting

Oral Presentation #11

Normality and Disability in Para Sport, and their application in the International Paralympic Committee Handbook: a philosophical critique
UN CRPD Article 30 and Sport: A Comparative Analysis of European State Reports
Paralympic School Project for Youth and Adults with Disabilities
Safeguarding Insights for Athletes with Disabilities – U.S. Center for SafeSport 2024 Athlete Culture and Climate Survey

12:30 – 13:00

Closing ceremony

VISTA 2023 Scientific Programme

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