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Power Soccer

Power Soccer
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For information on our Power Soccer program, contact Nathan Graeff at 202.877.1295 or Nathan.Graeff@medstar.net.


About Power Soccer

Power Soccer is the first competitive team sport designed and developed specifically for power wheelchair users. These participants include persons with quadriplegia, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, head trauma, stroke, spinal cord injury and other disabilities.

Power Soccer combines the skill of the wheelchair user with the speed and power of the chair itself, to participate in an extremely challenging game similar to soccer. The game is played in a gymnasium on a regulation basketball court. Two teams of four power chair users attack, defend, and spin-kick a 13-inch soccer ball in an attempt to score goals.

 

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National Rehabilitation Hospital has met the requirements of the Joint Commission's Hospital Accreditation ProgramNational Rehabilitation Hospital's Spinal Cord Program has been designated as a Model System of Care by the National Institutes of Disability and Rehabilitation ResearchNational Rehabilitation Hospital has been awarded a three-year accreditation for its Inpatient Rehabilitation Program, its Stroke Specialty Program and its Spinal Cord System of Care