One of the most important and basic problems in mentally retarded children which can form the basis of their behavior is impairment in social adjustment and performance. The purpose of the present work was to study the effect of 8 weeks aerobic training on the social adjustment in mentally retarded children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. The statistical population included all mentally retarded children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy in District 1 of Tehran who were under the coverage of Exceptional Education Organization in 2013-2014 academic year. Among 38 mentally retarded children, 24 (with a mean age of 9±2 years) were randomly selected and divided into two groups: experimental and the control groups. To assess the social adjustment, Vineland Adjustment Behavior Scale (VABS) (1984) was used. Quasi-experimental method with pretest and posttest design and a control group was used for this research. The findings showed that 8 weeks aerobic exercises could increase the social adjustment in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (P≤0.001). Finally, it can be concluded that aerobic exercises have a positive impact on the social adjustment in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy by increasing their communication with peers.

Nowadays, ailments which are known as specific diseases make the society we live in suffer, and scientific researches pay much attention to the effect of sport and physical activity on these diseases and introduce sports as treatment for them. The purpose of this study was to check the effect of an aerobic training course on social-physical anxiety in women with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The study population consisted of all inactive women reported by MS community of Tehran in 2012. Of them, 24 ones have been chosen at random (age 32±11 years old) and selected in two groups of control and experimental at random. The social-physical anxiety scale (SPAS) was used to measure the social-physical anxiety in these patients. The findings indicated a noticeable decrease in the amount of social-physical anxiety in women with MS after 8 weeks of aerobic training (P<0.001). Eventually, we can conclude that aerobic training are effective on decreasing the socialphysical anxiety of patients suffering from MS, and it can, by its nature, decrease the social-physical anxiety in these people and promote health and participation in sports activities.