UCI CYCLING REGULATIONS  Chapter V PARA-CYCLING DIVISION & SPORT CLASS PROFILES  (chapter changed on 01.10.10; 01.02.18; 01.01.21)  16.5.001  Eligible Impairment Types  The following eight (8) impairment types are eligible in Para-cycling. Each Para-cycling  division, as described in articles 16.5.005-16.5.008, defines its own list of eligible  impairments. An Athlete must have at least one of the Eligible Impairment types listed in  the first column of the table. The Eligible Impairment must result directly from an  Underlying Health Condition (e.g. trauma, disease, dysgenesis) and must be permanent  and verifiable.  33  PARA-CYCLING  E0121  Eligible Impairment Type  Examples of an Underlying Health Condition  that can lead to the Eligible Impairment:  Impaired Muscle Power  Athletes with Impaired Muscle Power have a  Health Condition that either reduces or  eliminates their ability to voluntarily contract  their muscles in order to move or to generate  force. Spinal cord injury (complete or incomplete, tetra-or  paraplegia or paraparesis), muscular dystrophy,  hereditary and peripheral neuropathies, post-polio  syndrome and spina bifida.  Impaired Passive Range of Movement  Athletes with Impaired Passive Range of  Movement have a restriction or a lack of  passive movement in one or more joints. Contracture(s) and/or ankylosis resulting from  chronic joint immobilisation either congenital or  due to trauma or medical reasons.  Limb Deficiency  Athletes with Limb Deficiency have total or  partial absence of bones or joints as a  consequence of trauma, illness or congenital  limb deficiency. Traumatic amputation, amputation due to bone  cancer or dysmelia.  Leg Length Difference  Athletes with Leg Length Difference have a  difference in the length of their legs as a result  of limb growth, or as a result of trauma. Dysmelia and congenital or traumatic disturbance  of limb growth. Hypertonia  Athletes with hypertonia have an increase in  muscle tension and a reduced ability of a  muscle to stretch caused by damage to the  central nervous system. Inclusion;  Hypertonia e.g. spasticity, rigidity  and dystonia Exclusion;  Low muscle tone Cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury and stroke.  Ataxia  Athletes with Ataxia have uncoordinated  movements caused by damage to the central  nervous system. Inclusion;  cerebellar Ataxia only Exclusions;  sensory ataxia, problems of  control of voluntary movement that do not fit  description of cerebellar Ataxia Cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, stroke and  multiple sclerosis.  Athetosis  Athletes with Athetosis have continual slow  involuntary movements. Inclusions ; athetosis, chorea, dyskinesia  Cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury and stroke. 