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ERIC Number: EJ1302710
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jun
Pages: 17
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-1934-9491
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Effects of a Community-Based Familiarization Intervention on Independent Performance of Resistance-Training Exercise Tasks by Adults with Intellectual Disability
Obrusnikova, Iva; Cavalier, Albert R.; Novak, Haley M.; Blair-McKinsey, Ashleigh E.; Suminski, Rick R.
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, v59 n3 p239-255 Jun 2021
Adults with intellectual disability (ID) have significantly lower levels of fitness compared to the general population. The study examined the effects of a multicomponent familiarization intervention, consisting of a visual activity schedule and a video-enhanced system of least-to-most prompting, both displayed via an iPad, on the acquisition of resistance-training exercise tasks by adults with ID, aged 18-44 years, in a community fitness center. Twelve participants were randomly allocated to an experimental group (EG) and 12 to an active control group (CG). ANOVA revealed EG correctly and independently performed a significantly greater number of steps of four resistance-training exercise tasks compared with CG, relative to preintervention levels (p < 0.01). The intervention was effective in promoting functional performance of resistance-training exercise tasks among adults with ID.
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. P.O. Box 1897, Lawrence, KS 66044-1897. Tel: 785-843-1235; Fax: 785-843-1274; e-mail: AJMR@allenpress.com; Web site: https://meridian.allenpress.com/aaidd
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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