The impairment-injury-pacing paradox in athletes with brain disorders

Dr Runciman is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Research, Teaching and Learning, and Transformation at the Division of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Department of Exercise, Sport and Lifestyle Medicine at Stellenbosch University. She specialises in Para sport, injury and illness epidemiology and biomechanics in athletes and individuals with disability, mostly in individuals with cerebral palsy and amputations as well as elite Paralympic athletes. She is also invested in advancing Para sport in developing country settings. She has multiple international collaborators, works with the International Paralympic Committee and Commonwealth Games GAPS Africa program and is a member of the international Concussion in Para Sport Group. She is also a recipient of the BJSM Global Research Award grant for work with Para athletes from developing countries. Dr Runciman is in the process of starting frame running for children with disabilities in South Africa through her social impact project Framing Mobility. 

Twitter: @PhoebeRunciman para@sun.ac.za

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