Inclusive sports events in school age, adults and the elderly: systematic review

Abstract

The management of sporting events is a continuous advance area that seeks, through its proposals, to reach the largest number of participants. Currently, there is a new trend of design activities for all types of public, regardless of the capabilities that they present. Taking this into account, the aim of the present study was to carry out an systematic review of the literature on inclusive sporting events in school age, adults and the elderly. Web of Science, Pubmed, Scopus, Dialnet, Sportdiscus, and Google Scholar databases were used. The keywords selected to find the documents were “Sports management”, “Sports event” and “Inclusive”. The boolean used was – “And”. To improve the quality of the search, a series of manuscript inclusion and exclusion criteria were established. After reviewing the manuscripts until December 2021, ten documents were selected that met the selected criteria. The results indicate that most of the inclusive sporting events that take place are publicly funded. In addition, participants in this type of event are usually people with and without disabilities, on equal terms. Lastly, the systematic review of the literature related to inclusive sporting events in school age, adults and the elderly has allowed us to have a better understanding of their basic characteristics.