Footnotes

• Contributors ST is the guarantor of this work. All authors made substantial contributions to conception of the work, provided critical revisions, approved the final version and agreed to be accountable for the accuracy and integrity of the work.

• Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

• Competing interests ST, JC and EB work for The University of Queensland, the Official Higher Education Partner for Paralympics Australia. EB is on secondment as Head of Parasport with the Queensland Academy of Sport and Paralympics Australia. ST is a member of the International Paralympic Committee’s Classification Compliance and Oversight Committee and a member of World Para Athletics Classification Advisory Group.

• Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.