Esta revisão integrativa analisou as produções científicas realizadas sobre a Educação Física a Distância, presentes nas bases indexadas no portal Periódicos da CAPES durante os anos de 2012 a 2016 a partir de 175 resultados constantes no site. As buscas foram realizadas por meio do acesso remoto ao conteúdo assinado, a partir do acesso CAFe – Comunidade Acadêmica Federada, provido pela Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa (RNP) para instituições de ensino federadas, inclusive, para a Universidade de Brasília. Desta forma, observa-se a prevalência de estudos que abordam diferentes aspectos dos cursos de Educação Física a Distância, sendo estes pertinentes ao cotidiano das experiências apontadas.ABSTRACTThis integrative review analyzed the scientific production carried out on the Physical Distance Education, present in bases Indexed in Periódicos CAPES during the years 2012-2016 from 175 results contained on the site. The searches were conducted through remote access to subscribed content from the access CAFe - Federated Academic Community, provided by the National Network of Education and Research (RNP) for federal educational institutions, including the University of Brasilia. Thus, there is the prevalence of studies that address different aspects of physical education courses Distance, which are relevant to everyday experiences mentioned.RESUMENEsta revisión integradora analizó la producción científica realizada en la educación a distancia física, presentes en bases indexadas em portal Periódicos da CAPES, durante los años 2012-2016 de 175 resultados contenidos en el sitio. Las búsquedas se realizaron a través de acceso remoto al contenido suscrito desde el CAFe - Comunidad Académica Federada, proporcionado por la Red Nacional de Educación e Investigación (RNP) para las instituciones educativas federales, incluyendo la Universidad de Brasilia. Por lo tanto, existe la prevalencia de los estudios que abordan diferentes aspectos de los cursos de educación física Distancia, que son pertinentes a las experiencias cotidianas mencionados.

Introduction Individuals with Down syndrome may have decreased respiratory muscle strength due to hypotonia, a common characteristic in this population. Objective To analyze the effects of a hippotherapy program on respiratory muscle strength in individuals with Down syndrome. Materials and methods The study included 41 subjects, 20 of which were in the hippotherapy practicing group (PG) and 21 of which were in the non-practicing group (NPG). Study subjects were of both sexes, aged 7-13 years, and all diagnosed with Down syndrome. A manovacuometer was used to measure respiratory muscle strength, following the protocol proposed by Black and Hyatt (23). Statistical analysis was performed by means of descriptive distribution. After verifying normality and homoscedasticity of the variables, the Mann-Whitney test was used to determine differences between the means of the two groups (PG and NPG), and the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient test was used to view possible relationships with age and time practicing hippotherapy. Significance was set at p < 0.05. Results and discussion Individuals who practiced hippotherapy showed improvements in both inspiratory and expiratory respiratory muscle strength, although no significant difference was demonstrated. Conclusion This study demonstrates that hippotherapy benefits respiratory muscle strength in individuals with Down syndrome, and that the youngest subjects had the best results.

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