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KMID : 1104420170280010088
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Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
2017 Volume.28 No. 1 p.88 ~ p.97
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Effects of a Physical Activity Program on Physical Fitness of Intellectually Disabled Persons
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Park Mi-Seo
Kim Mi-Whoa
Jeong Jin-Hee
Cha Nam-Hyun
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the effects of a physical activity program on the physical fitness in persons with intellectual disabilities.
Methods: The study design was an equivalent control group pre-post test. The treatment group received ths physical activity program five times per week for 20 weeks. Data were collected from the treatment group at two time points: Week 1 and Week 20 following the initiation of the treatment protocol. Data were collected from the control group at the ends of week 1 and Week 20. Data analysis was performed using the IBM SPSS v.21.0 software program.
Results: The experimental group showed a significant reduction of physical fitness: basic of physical fitness (t=-2.07, p=.041), flexibility (t=2.25, p=.027), muscular strength (t=2.70, p=.009), agility (t=-3.35, p=.001), except for sense of balance (t=-0.91, p=.368), while control group showed no change in these variables.
Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that the physical activity program has proved to be a stable and physically active intervention program for physical activity in intellectually disabled persons.
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KEYWORD
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Physical activity, Disabled persons, Physical fitness
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