In 1948, Sir Ludwig Guttman, a neurologist working with World War II veterans with spinal injuries at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury in the UK, began using sport as part of the rehabilitation programmes of his patients.
En 1948, Sir Ludwig Guttman, neurólogo que traballaba con veteranos da segunda guerra mundial no Hospital Stoke Mandeville en Aylesbury, comenzou a empregar o deporte como parte da rehabilitación dos seus pacientes.