The development of sports for veterans and individuals with disabilities, serving as a complementary strategy in the realms of physical, mental, and social health, plays a key role in enhancing quality of life, increasing self-confidence, and facilitating adaptation to conditions resulting from combat injuries. Purposeful physical activity can break the cycle of sedentary behavior and metabolic disorders in this group by improving cardiorespiratory function, lowering blood pressure, controlling weight, and preventing secondary diseases such as diabetes. Simultaneously, sports are introduced as an effective tool in reducing depression, social isolation, and enhancing psychological resilience, wherein participation in sporting gatherings can prevent seclusion and the severance of veterans' connections with society. Nevertheless, the development of veterans' sports in Iran faces challenges such as diminished institutional support and facilities, a lack of appropriate urban and sports infrastructure, an insufficiency of specialized coaches, inattention to psychological veterans, and weak planning based on the type of disability. Proposed strategies emphasize designing specialized training protocols tailored to the status of veterans, strengthening budgets and effective stewardship, expanding public and indigenous-local sports, employing trained graduates in the field of disability sports, enhancing the family's role in supporting sports participation, and expanding the role of media in culture-building and role-modeling from Paralympic athletes. Furthermore, the standardization of prescribing sports and non-sports wheelchairs as part of specialized intervention is recommended.
Babakhani, F. (2018). Challenges and Strategies for the Development of Veterans' Sports. Allameh Tabataba’i University Strategic Recommendations for Administrative Bodies, 2(2), 39–44. https://doi.org/10.22054/jicia.2018.20370
MLA
Babakhani, F. "Challenges and Strategies for the Development of Veterans' Sports", Allameh Tabataba’i University Strategic Recommendations for Administrative Bodies, 2, 2, 2018, 39–44. doi: 10.22054/jicia.2018.20370
HARVARD
Babakhani, F. (2018). 'Challenges and Strategies for the Development of Veterans' Sports', Allameh Tabataba’i University Strategic Recommendations for Administrative Bodies, 2(2), pp. 39–44. doi: 10.22054/jicia.2018.20370
CHICAGO
Babakhani, F., "Challenges and Strategies for the Development of Veterans' Sports." Allameh Tabataba’i University Strategic Recommendations for Administrative Bodies, 2 2 (2018): 39–44, doi: 10.22054/jicia.2018.20370
VANCOUVER
Babakhani F. Challenges and Strategies for the Development of Veterans' Sports. JICIA. 2018;2(2):39–44 (In Persian). doi: 10.22054/jicia.2018.20370