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Galli, Manuela; Rigoldi, Chiara; Celletti, Claudia; Mainardi, Luca; Tenore, Nunzio; Albertini, Giorgio; Camerota, Filippo – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The goal of this work is to analyze postural control in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) participants in time and frequency domain. This study considered a pathological group composed by 22 EDS participants performing a postural test consisting in maintaining standing position over a force platform for 30 s in two conditions: open eyes (OE) and closed…
Descriptors: Rehabilitation, Muscular Strength, Genetic Disorders, Human Posture
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MacDonald, Megan; Esposito, Phil; Hauck, Janet; Jeong, Irully; Hornyak, Joseph; Argento, Angela; Ulrich, Dale A. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2012
Children with Down syndrome (DS) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) frequently have difficulty riding a two-wheel bicycle. The purpose of this study was to investigate an intervention using an adapted bicycle and individualized instruction to teach 71 youth to ride a standard two-wheel bicycle. Youth with DS (n = 30) and ASD (n = 41) between the…
Descriptors: Autism, Down Syndrome, Exercise, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Capodaglio, Paolo; Menegoni, Francesco; Vismara, Luca; Cimolin, Veronica; Grugni, Graziano; Galli, Manuela – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Being severely overweight is a distinctive clinical feature of Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS). This explorative study aims to characterise balance capacity in PWS as compared to non-genetically obese patients (O) and to a group of normal-weight individuals (CG). We enrolled 14 PWS patients: 8 females and 6 males (BMI = 41.3 [plus or minus] 7.3…
Descriptors: Obesity, Genetics, Comparative Analysis, Rehabilitation Programs
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Doeltgen, Sebastian H.; Witte, Ulrike; Gumbley, Freya; Huckabee, Maggie-Lee – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2009
Purpose: Based on visual inspection, prior research documented increased movement of the posterior pharyngeal wall in healthy volunteers during tongue-hold swallows. This manometric study investigated the immediate effects of the tongue-hold maneuver on pharyngeal peak pressure generation, duration of pressure generation, and pressure slope…
Descriptors: Inspection, Statistical Analysis, Volunteers, Gender Differences
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Mahony, Kate; Hunt, Adrienne; Daley, Deborah; Sims, Susan; Adams, Roger – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2009
Reliability and measurement precision of manual muscle testing (MMT) and hand-held dynamometry (HHD) were compared for children with spina bifida. Strength measures were obtained of the hip flexors, hip abductors, and knee extensors of 20 children (10 males, 10 females; mean age 9 years 10 months; range: 5 to 15 years) by two experienced physical…
Descriptors: Muscular Strength, Congenital Impairments, Measures (Individuals), Human Body
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Faigenbaum, Avery D.; Mediate, Patrick – Physical Educator, 2006
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of medicine ball training on the fitness performance of high-school physical education students. Sixty-nine high-school students participated in a 6-week medicine training program during the first 10 to 15 minutes of each physical education class. A group of 49 students who participated in…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Physical Fitness, Muscular Strength, Physical Education
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Rhea, Matthew R.; Alderman, Brandon L. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2004
The purpose of this study was to quantitatively combine and examine the results of studies examining the effectiveness of periodized (PER) compared to nonperiodized (Non-PER) training programs for strength and/or power development. Two analyses were conducted to (a) examine the magnitude of treatment effect elicited by PER strength training…
Descriptors: Participant Characteristics, Physiology, Effect Size, Meta Analysis
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Katsanos, Christos S.; Moffatt, Robert J. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2005
Eleven healthy men (M age = 27 years, SD = 4) completed three cycling and three walking trials in an alternating order. During each trial, participants were allowed, within 3 min, to adjust the work rate to correspond to given rating of perceived exertion (RPE) values according to the following order: RPE 11, 13, and 15. For cycling as well as…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Physical Activities, Males, Comparative Analysis