The effect of increasing exercise in the intellectually disabled community.

IF 1.5 4区医学 Q2 EDUCATION, SPECIAL

Journal of Intellectual Disabilities Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2023-08-30 DOI:10.1177/17446295231199805

Yasmine S Ghattas, Joshua Cassinat, Cassidy M Foley Davelaar

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Abstract

Background: Intellectually disabled individuals have been observed to lead sedentary lifestyles resulting in poor health. Physical fitness has been positively correlated to better health outcomes with small changes in fitness translating to major health changes among unfit older adults with intellectual disability. However, there is currently no literature on safe exercise regimens for the intellectually disabled population.

Methods: In this article, a retrospective review was conducted using the Special Olympics Athlete database and analyzed the mean differences of various performance metrics based on self-reported exercise frequency.

Results: These results demonstrated that those who exercised daily performed significantly better in flexibility, static balance and functional strength as compared to those who did not exercise. No statistically significant differences were found among athletes and self-reported exercise frequency for aerobic fitness.

Conclusion: Overall, these findings suggest that 3-6 days-a-week of moderate exercise would be a recommended exercise dose to see significant improvement in performance and physiological adaptations.

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增加智障人士锻炼的效果。

背景：据观察，智障人士久坐不动的生活方式会导致健康状况不佳。体能与更好的健康状况呈正相关，体能的微小变化会给体能不佳的智障老年人带来重大的健康变化。然而，目前还没有关于智障人群安全运动方案的文献：本文利用特奥会运动员数据库进行了一项回顾性研究，并根据自我报告的运动频率分析了各种性能指标的平均差异：结果表明，与不锻炼的人相比，每天锻炼的人在柔韧性、静态平衡和功能性力量方面的表现明显更好。在有氧健身方面，运动员和自我报告的运动频率之间没有发现明显的统计学差异：总之，这些研究结果表明，每周进行 3-6 天的适度运动是一个值得推荐的运动剂量，这样可以显著提高运动表现和生理适应能力。

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Journal of Intellectual Disabilities Multiple-

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3.40

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13.30%

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期刊介绍： The principal aim of the journal is to provide a medium for the exchange of best practice, knowledge and research between academic and professional disciplines from education, social and health settings to bring about advancement of services for people with intellectual disabilities. The idea of a practice-led journal is both exciting and timely. This journal serves as a medium for all those involved with people with intellectual disabilities to submit and publish papers on issues relevant to promoting services for people with intellectual disabilities.