2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.10.023
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Physical fitness profile in adults with intellectual disabilities: Differences between levels of sport practice

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“…Few studies have investigated skill proficiency in athletes with ID, with investigations predominantly focused on physical fitness with mixed results (Cuesta-Vargas, Paz-Lourido, & Rodriguez, 2011;Frey & Chow, 2006;Frey, Stanish, & Temple, 2008;Graham, 1996;Lahtinen et al, 2007;van de Vliet et al, 2006). Persons with ID, in general, score lower on most (if not all) parameters of physical fitness than their peers without ID.…”
Section: Comparison Between Players With and Without Intellectual Dismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Few studies have investigated skill proficiency in athletes with ID, with investigations predominantly focused on physical fitness with mixed results (Cuesta-Vargas, Paz-Lourido, & Rodriguez, 2011;Frey & Chow, 2006;Frey, Stanish, & Temple, 2008;Graham, 1996;Lahtinen et al, 2007;van de Vliet et al, 2006). Persons with ID, in general, score lower on most (if not all) parameters of physical fitness than their peers without ID.…”
Section: Comparison Between Players With and Without Intellectual Dismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…No clear differences in physical fitness, including indicators of strength, were observed between groups (Cuesta‐Vargas et al . ). Another study has instead evidenced that knee extension and flexion torque were weaker in adults with ID exercising recreationally compared with trained athletes from a national Special Olympics Team of basketball (Tsimaras et al .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…(http://www.specialolympics.org). In our study we will measure 13 items which cover strength, aerobic condition, balance and flexibility in the sample –for more details see Cuesta-Vargas et al 2011 [21]. There is also another scale to establish physical condition: this is the FunFitness battery test with nine physical test, developed in another study by Cuesta-Vargas et al 2013 [22], but we will use the 13 items FunFitness scale because it is fuller.…”
Section: Method/designmentioning
confidence: 99%