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Eligible Impairments

Coordination Impairments

Athletes with a Coordination Impairment have one or more of the following three movement disorders that:

  1. adversely affects the ability to voluntarily produce a full range of skilled movement fluidly, rapidly, and accurately; and
  2. is consistent with an Underlying Health Condition affecting the structure and function of the central nervous system.
  • A standing white woman with blonde hair wearing black sports underwear who has increased muscle tension in her left arm and right hand.
    Hypertonia / Spasticity

    An increase in muscle tension that may be velocity-dependent and/or a reduced ability of a muscle to stretch.

  • An asian male sitting in a wheelchair wearing black sports underwear with purple markers next to his body to indicate how motor ataxia affects the precision and velocity of his movement.
    Motor Ataxia

    Limited precision in direction and velocity of voluntary movement.

  • A standing black male wearing black sports underwear with purple markers next to his head and left wrist to indicate involuntary movements caused by dyskinesia.
    Dyskinesia (athetosis, dystonia, chorea)

    Involuntary movements that interfere with voluntary movements.

Source: 2025 IPC Classification Code