A7 (classification)

Their amputations impact their sport performance, including being more prone to overuse injuries.

Sports people in this class are eligible to participate in include athletics, swimming, cycling, lawn bowls, and sitzball.

The nature of a person's amputations in this class can effect their physiology and sports performance.

Common problems for intact upper limbs for people in this class include rotator cuffs tearing, shoulder impingement, epicondylitis and peripheral nerve entrapment.

[1][10] IWAS was created following the merger of ISOD and International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMGF) in 2005.

[12] Because their legs are their greatest strength, they modify their entry into the water to take advantage of this.

In 1991, the first internationally accepted adaptive rowing classification system was established and put into use.

[2][20] The classification system takes several things into account when putting people into this class.

[22] Sometimes the health examination may not be done on site because the nature of the amputation could cause not physically visible alterations to the body.