The rehabilitation of persons with disabilities through adapted sport.

Abstract

Sport is an important means of physical rehabilitation, psychological and social development of people with some type of disability. It is modified and adapted methodologies, rules, materials for the participation of people with disabilities. The purpose of this study was to review the literature on the rehabilitation of disabled people through sport adapted, based on national and international references obtained from the database of CAPES, Pubmed, SciELO and the database of the library of the Faculty of Sport at the University of Porto - Portugal. It was observed that the benefits of sport are evident for most of scholars in the field of adapted sport and contribute to the quality of life in this population.

KEY WORDS: Rehabilitation; adapted sport; Disabled Persons.