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Baran, Funda; Aktop, Abdurrahman; Ozer, Dilara; Nalbant, Sibel; Aglamis, Ece; Barak, Sharon; Hutzler, Yeshayahu – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
The study investigated the effects of a Special Olympics (SO) Unified Sport (UNS) soccer program on anthropometry, physical fitness and soccer skills of male youth athletes with and without intellectual disabilities (ID) who participated in a training group (TRG) and in a comparison group (CG) without specific training. Youth with ID (WID) were…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Physical Education, Athletes, Physical Fitness
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Ambrosini, Ettore; Sinigaglia, Corrado; Costantini, Marcello – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2012
Previous studies have demonstrated that motor abilities allow us not only to execute our own actions and to predict their consequences, but also to predict others' actions and their consequences. But just how deeply are motor abilities implicated in action observation? If an observer is prevented from acting while witnessing others' actions, will…
Descriptors: Observation, Nonverbal Communication, Eye Movements, Psychomotor Skills
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Hilgenkamp, Thessa I. M.; van Wijck, Ruud; Evenhuis, Heleen M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Physical fitness is as important to aging adults with ID as in the general population, but to date, the physical fitness levels of this group are unknown. Comfortable walking speed, muscle strength (grip strength), muscle endurance (30 s Chair stand) and cardiorespiratory endurance (10 m incremental shuttle walking test) were tested in a sample of…
Descriptors: Muscular Strength, Physical Activities, Physical Fitness, Human Body
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Blomqvist, Sven; Olsson, Josefine; Wallin, Louise; Wester, Anita; Rehn, Borje – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
For adolescent people with ID, falls are more common compared to peers without ID. However, postural balance among this group is not thoroughly investigated. The aim of this study was to compare balance and muscle performance among adolescents aged between 16 and 20 years with a mild to moderate intellectual disability (ID) to age-matched…
Descriptors: Performance Tests, Adolescents, Human Body, Control Groups
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Lindstedt, Stan L.; Mineo, Patrick M.; Schaeffer, Paul J. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2013
This laboratory exercise demonstrates fundamental principles of mammalian locomotion. It provides opportunities to interrogate aspects of locomotion from biomechanics to energetics to body size scaling. It has the added benefit of having results with robust signal to noise so that students will have success even if not "meticulous" in…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Science Instruction, Motion, Biomechanics
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Ferland, Chantale; Lepage, Celine; Moffet, Helene; Maltais, Desiree B. – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2012
This study aimed to quantify relationships between lower limb muscle strength and locomotor capacity for children and adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP) to identify key muscle groups for strength training. Fifty 6- to 16-year-olds with CP (Gross Motor Function Classification System level I or II) participated. Isometric muscle strength of hip…
Descriptors: Muscular Strength, Physical Fitness, Cerebral Palsy, Classification
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Chen, Chia-ling; Chen, Chung-yao; Chen, Hsieh-ching; Liu, Wen-yu; Shen, I-hsuan; Lin, Keh-chung – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
Very few studies have investigated predictors of change in various gross motor outcomes in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy (CP). The aim of this study was to identify potential predictors for change in gross motor outcomes measured during various tasks in children with CP. A group of 45 children (age, 6-15 years) with CP and 7 potential…
Descriptors: Human Body, Physical Fitness, Classification, Motor Development
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Stockel, Tino; Wang, Jinsung – Brain and Cognition, 2011
Interlimb transfer of motor learning, indicating an improvement in performance with one limb following training with the other, often occurs asymmetrically (i.e., from non-dominant to dominant limb or vice versa, but not both). In the present study, we examined whether interlimb transfer of the same motor task could occur asymmetrically and in…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Human Body, Learning Processes
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James, Barbara – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2012
Playing the piano can result in intense muscular activity with the potential to cause injury to the hand and fingers. It was reasoned some time ago that technique had to be made sustainable. This resulted in the exploration of ways to make muscular use more economic in playing because even small energy savings are worthwhile in making technique…
Descriptors: Prevention, Injuries, Acoustics, Teaching Methods
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Nakagawa, Kei – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2010
This study compared activation of the sensorimotor area using magnetoencephalography after unilateral and bilateral movements. Thirteen healthy individuals and a patient with mild hemiplegia performed unilateral and bilateral forearm pronation movements. Among healthy participants, there were no significant differences in motor-evoked field during…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Psychomotor Skills, Human Body, Comparative Analysis
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Fernandes, Fernanda, Ed. – IntechOpen, 2017
Speech-language pathology has different practice and research histories, standards, methods, and challenges in different countries and regions. Awareness of these different realities may contribute to the scientific development of the field and improve the services delivered to different populations. Sharing solutions to similar problems in…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Therapy, Evaluation, Aphasia
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Plowman, Sharon Ann – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2014
The purpose of this article is to bring attention to the 10 most pressing questions relevant to musculoskeletal physical fitness testing in children and adolescents. The goal is to stimulate research to answer these questions. The most pressing needs include establishing definitive links between valid, reliable, and feasible field test measures of…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Children, Adolescents, Evaluation Methods
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Teixeira, Luis Augusto; de Oliveira, Dalton Lustosa; Romano, Rosangela Guimaraes; Correa, Sonia Cavalcanti – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2011
To examine the effect of long lasting practice on pedal behavior in sport, we compared experienced adult soccer players and nonsoccer players on leg preference in motor tasks requiring general mobilization, soccer related mobilization, and body balance stabilization. We also evaluated performance asymmetry between the right and left legs in static…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Athletes, Human Body, Comparative Analysis
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Gosselin, Gaynelle – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2011
This article begins with a personal anecdote from the author, for whom childhood P.E. classes were exercises in frustration and humiliation largely because she could not master the coordination needed to catch, throw, or hit a ball. She could not keep her eye on the ball despite well-meaning instruction from coaches, friends, and family members.…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Learning Strategies, Physical Education, Teaching Methods
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Park, Eun Sook; Sim, Eun Geol; Rha, Dong-wook – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The aims of this study were to investigate the nature and extent of upper limb deformities via the use of various classifications, and to analyze the relationship between upper limb deformities and gross motor or upper limb functionality levels. Upper extremity data were collected from 234 children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) who were…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Cerebral Palsy, Rating Scales, Classification
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