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'Walk Buds': A Walking Intervention to Increase Physical Activity, Physical Fitness, and Emotional Wellbeing, in 9-13 Year Old Children with Intellectual Disabilities. Results of a Clustered Randomised Feasibility Trial
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Peter Mullhall; Laurence Taggart; Gary McDermott; Paul Slater; Ben Fitzpatrick; Marie H. Murphy; Angela Hassiotis; Anne Johnston – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: Children with intellectual disability are less physically active and more sedentary than typically developing peers. To date no studies have tested the feasibility of a school-based walking intervention for children with Intellectual Disability. Method: A clustered randomised controlled trial (cRCT), with an embedded process…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preadolescents, Late Adolescents, Intellectual Disability
Associations between Motor Competence and Physical Activity Levels of Children with Intellectual Disabilities and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder: Movement Matters
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Sarah L. Taylor; Samantha J. Downs; James R. Rudd; Bronagh McGrane; Craig A. Melville; Arlene M. McGarty; Lynne M. Boddy; Lawrence Foweather – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Motor competence is important for lifelong physical activity (PA). The current study aimed to examine associations between PA and motor competence. In total, 43 children aged 7--12 years with intellectual disabilities and/or autism spectrum disorder completed anthropometric measures, the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency-2, and wore a…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Physical Activity Level, Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Profile of Schoolchildren with Different Nutritional Status after Social Isolation: Sedentary Behavior, Aerobic Fitness, Secretory Immunoglobulin-A, and Anxiety Symptoms
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Gabriela Oliveira; Daniel Maciel Crespilho; Emerson José Venancio; Solange de Paula Ramos; Tamara Beres Lederer Goldberg; Carla Cristiane Silva – American Journal of Health Education, 2024
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic imposed social isolation measures, which impacted the child population, especially regarding physical and mental health aspects. Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between sedentary behavior, cardiorespiratory fitness, immunoglobulin -A secretion, and anxiety symptoms in 267 children…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Social Isolation, Child Health