ParaFed Canterbury

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Sport and Recreation for people with physical disabilities

Adaptive Rowing is Rowing or Sculling for athletes with a disability who meet the criteria as set out in the Adaptive Rowing classification regulations.

‘Adaptive’ implies that the equipment is ‘adapted’ to the user to practice the sport, rather than the sport being "adapted" to the user.

The International Rowing Federation (FISA) is the sole world governing body for Rowing. Adaptive Rowing is open to male and female athletes, and is divided into four boat classes which are included in FISA’s World Championship programme. Races are held over 1,000m for all four events.

Classification Information

There are 3 classes for rowing

- LTA (Legs, trunk and arms) – rowers with a disability but who have the use of their legs, trunk and arms and who can utilize the sliding seat.

- TA (trunk and arms) – for rowers who have trunk movements but who are unable to use the sliding seat to propel because of significantly weakened function of the lower limbs.

- A (arms only) – the A Class is for rowers who have no or minimal trunk function (i.e. shoulder function only). The A class rower is able to apply force predominantly using the arms and or shoulders only.