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The article discusses a study which was aimed to determinate the functional profile of basketball players in wheelchairs according to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). A cross-sectional study was conducted with 12 wheelchair basketball athletes, which concluded that athletes had different functional impairments; however such limitations do not prevent them from practicing the sport.