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Direct linkHiba Kachouri; Ghada Jouira; Rabeb Laatar; Rihab Borji; Haithem Rebai; Sonia Sahli – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
The study explored the effects of two combined training (Strength-Proprioceptive versus Cognitive-Balance) programs on postural balance during single-task and dual-task conditions in children with intellectual disability. The postural balance and the second cognitive-task performances were evaluated before and after 8-week of training in two…
Descriptors: Muscular Strength, Training, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability
Download full textDeutsch, Joe; Waldera, Roman; Mahoney, Sean; Martinez, Michelle – ICHPER-SD Journal of Research, 2019
Background: Project Fit America (PFA) curriculum was initiated in 1990 with a mission to provide opportunities for all American children to be fit with unique lessons and outdoor fitness equipment. Purpose: In this study, the physical education (PE) fitness testing scores of elementary school students were examined to determine the effect of PFA…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Outdoor Education, Equipment, Elementary School Students
Deutsch, Joe; Mahoney, Sean; Waldera, Roman; Martinez, Michelle; Schnabel, Ethan – Physical Educator, 2020
The Project Fit America (PFA) curriculum was initiated in 1990 with a mission to create and provide quality opportunities for American school children to be active, healthy, and fit. This study assessed the effect of the PFA curriculum and outdoor fitness equipment on fitness testing scores of elementary school students. Participants were 4th- and…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness, Equipment
Yli-Piipari, S.; Layne, T.; McCollins, T.; Knox, T. – JTRM in Kinesiology, 2016
The aim of the study was to examine the effect of a 4-week classroom physical activity break intervention on middle school students' health-related physical fitness. The study was a randomized controlled trial with students assigned to the experiment and control conditions. A convenience sample comprised 94 adolescents (experiment group n = 52;…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Physical Activity Level, Intervention, Physical Fitness
Schmidt, Mirko; Valkanover, Stefan; Roebers, Claudia; Conzelmann, Achim – European Physical Education Review, 2013
Most physical education intervention studies on the positive effect of sports on self-concept development have attempted to "increase" schoolchildren's self-concept without taking the "veridicality" of the self-concept into account. The present study investigated whether a 10-week intervention in physical education would lead…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Human Body, Physical Education, Elementary School Students
Davis, Kathryn; Zhang, Guili; Hodson, Patricia – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011
The Motivate, Adapt, and Play Program was specifically designed as an adapted physical activity (PA) program for students with intellectual disabilities (ID) to meet required school PA policies to combat childhood obesity. The policies commonly require a minimum of 30 min of PA per school day. A study was undertaken to test the efficacy of the…
Descriptors: Muscular Strength, Obesity, Body Composition, Physical Activities
Faigenbaum, Avery; Mediate, Patrick – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2006
This article provides an overview of medicine ball training. Specifically, it describes "Medicine Ball for All," a physical activity program designed to provide children and teenagers with a meaningful learning experience that is consistent with their developmental needs. The article focuses on developing a safe, successful, and inexpensive…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Physical Education, Muscular Strength, Stimulation
