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Improving Physical Fitness of Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disability through a Virtual Reality Intervention Program
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Lotan, Meir; Yalon-Chamovitz, Shira; Weiss, Patrice L. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are in need of effective physical fitness training programs. The aim was to test the effectiveness of a Virtual Reality (VR)-based exercise program in improving the physical fitness of adults with IDD. A research group (N = 30; mean age = 52.3 plus or minus 5.8 years; moderate IDD…
Descriptors: Exercise, Intervention, Computer Simulation, Mental Retardation
Factors for Healthy Food or Less-Healthy Food Intake among Taiwanese Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities
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Yen, Chia-Feng; Lin, Jin-Ding – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Little information is available on the prevalence and risk factors for less-healthy food intake among people with intellectual disabilities (ID). This study aimed to provide the information of healthy or less-healthy food intake among Taiwanese adolescents with ID and to examine the risk factors to their food intake. A cross-sectional data on 1419…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Nutrition, Food, Adolescents