RT Journal Article
T1 Perception of visually impaired athletes and trail running guides toward barriers in the organization of competitions
A1 Alcaraz Rodríguez, Virginia
A1 Caballero Blanco, Pablo Jesús
A1 Fernández Gavira, Jesús
A1 Sáenz-López Buñuel, Pedro
AB Trail running is a growing sport discipline, due among other circumstances to the incorporation ofpeople with visual functional diversity (VFD). However, this participation is not exempt from barriers thathinder inclusion, which depend on the organizers of the events. The objective of this work was to determine theperception of athletes with visual functional diversity and trail running guides toward the barriers related to themanagement model implemented by the organization of these competitions. The study was carried out with 26athletes with visual functional diversity (19 men and 7 women) and 23 guides (18 men and 5 women), whoparticipated in the National Trail Running Cup of 2016 for people with VFD. A non-experimental, descriptiveand sectional design was used, from the descriptive phenomenological approach. The applied study instrumentwas a semi-structured interview, using the qualitative content analysis as an analytical strategy, through thequalitative treatment software NVIVO. From the analysis of the data obtained, the following barriers related tothe organization of the trail running events were detected: difficulties in the registration process, difficultiesrelated to the guide, lack of training and specific personnel in the organization, lack of information on the pathsand the need to adapt the rules. The inclusive participation of people with visual functional diversity in trailrunning will be possible when specific actions are incorporated from the organizers of these competitions, toallow the implementation of inclusive management models.
PB Pitesti University
SN 2247-806X
SN 2247-8051 (electrónico)
YR 2018
FD 2018-08
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/25101
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/25101
LA eng
NO Alcaraz-Rodríguez, V., Caballero-Blanco, P., Fernández-Gavira, J. & Sáenz-López Buñuel, P. (2018). Perception of visually impaired athletes and trail running guides toward barriers in the organization of competitions. In Journal of Physical Education and Sport (Vol. 18, Supplement Issue 3, pp. 1248-1255).Pitesti University. https://doi.org/10.7752/jpes.2018.s3186
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 29 may 2026