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Physiotherapy students hosted Paralympic athlete, Janez Učakar


The Department of Physiotherapy hosted the Paralympic athlete, Janez Učakar, within the elective subject Sports Activities of Disabled People (lecturer Tine Kovačič, M.Sc.), Janez Učakar is a member of the Slovenian Wheelchair Basketball team. He and his wife Alenka shared the experience of living together, inclusion and cooperation in sports activities in sports-motion programs through which people with paraplegia remain physically active.

Our 3rd year students-future physiotherapists were introduced to the current multidimensional issues in sport for people with reduced abilities / disability, the role of physiotherapists during rehabilitation after injury, during preparation for competitions and prevention of sports injuries and rehabilitation of sports injuries themselves.

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