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D. A. Rubin; B. Clark; J. Lam; V. Vuong; J. Brito; K. L. Fisher – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: Online exercise programming reduces transportation and scheduling barriers. This study explored the feasibility of online resistance training for individuals with Down syndrome. Method: Thirteen individuals (3 M/10 F, age: 21.7 ± 5.9 years) began a 10-week programme delivered using a website with pre-recorded exercise videos (45--60…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Exercise, Training, Down Syndrome
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E. Steyn; P.H. Boer; G. Joubert – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2024
Background: Many adults with intellectual disabilities live a sedentary lifestyle, have low levels of functional fitness and are overweight. The purpose of this study was to determine whether an exercise intervention with activities which are simple, fun, accessible and adapted for socialising in a group would elicit significant improvements in…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Physical Activities, Dance
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Piyakon Suepbunma; Suthasinee Theerapan – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2025
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of basic vocal training exercises for students at Yamaha Music School in Mahasarakham, Thailand, using a quantitative research approach. The research focused on collecting measurable numerical data and was divided into two main components: content validity assessment and effectiveness evaluation of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Training, Singing
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Nasser, Igor; Perez, Renata de Mello; Reis, Michel Silva; Dias, Ingrid; Willardson, Jeffrey M.; Miranda, Humberto – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2020
Purpose: This study compared the acute effects of two different resistance training methods on heart rate variability, blood pressure, and rating of perceived exertion in patients with liver cirrhosis. Methods: Ten patients with Child-Pugh A (seven women and three men) participated in two experimental sessions, in random order: The traditional set…
Descriptors: Patients, Muscular Strength, Training, Exercise Physiology
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Akkoc, Orkun; Caliskan, Emine – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2019
To assess the acute effect of strength exercises combined with EMS on blood flow and muscle stiffness using SMI and SWE. This prospective study included 20 participants. Subjects were divided into groups base on calisthenics strength training with EMS and without EMS. Rectus femoris (RF) blood flow was measured at rest and post-exercise with the…
Descriptors: Muscular Strength, Exercise, Exercise Physiology, Training
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Merrigan, Justin J.; Stovall, J. Hannah; Stone, Jason D.; Stephenson, Mark; Finomore, Victor S.; Hagen, Joshua A. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2023
Heart rate samples (n = 4500-8000) from wearables were compared to electrocardiography during a steady-state ruck (Ruck-S), maximal effort ruck (Ruck-M), submaximal cycle (Cycle), and Tabata Circuit. One device was worn at each location (wrist: Polar Grit-X, Garmin Fenix 6; chest-straps: Polar H10, Garmin HRM-Pro; armband: Polar Verity).…
Descriptors: Measurement Equipment, Exercise Physiology, Training, Metabolism
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Donnie Andrews; Katelyn Zachary – Physical Educator, 2024
Vertical jump performance is vital to many sports and is predictive of power output. Both resistance exercises and plyometric exercises have been shown to increase vertical jump performance. Identifying the type of exercise that increases jump height the most may be useful to coaches and athletes worldwide. The literature has stated that both…
Descriptors: Athletics, Exercise, Training, College Athletics
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Korkmaz, Cihat; Toy, Ali Burak – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2023
The study analyzed the possible effects of retro walking exercise techniques on the skill of balance in hearing impaired individuals. The study is a quasi-experimental study and the single group pretest-post-test design among the experiment models was used. The study groups was applied a retro walking exercise for eight weeks. 25 hearing impaired…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Psychomotor Skills, Training, Physical Activities
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Kurt, Songül; Ibis, Serkan; Aktug, Zait Burak; Altundag, Emre – JTRM in Kinesiology, 2023
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of core exercises on swimmers Functional Movement Screen (FMS) test scores and swimming performance. A total of 32 volunteer children aged 12-15 participated in this study. Participants were separated into 3 main groups: the control group (CG; N = 10) that did not perform any exercises, the swimming…
Descriptors: Aquatic Sports, Athletes, Early Adolescents, Psychomotor Skills
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Fukuoka, Tatsuyuki; Ono, Takahiro; Hori, Kazuhiro; Kariyasu, Makoto – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of tongue-strengthening exercise (TSE) on tongue strength and effortful swallowing pressure in young healthy adults. Method: Thirteen young healthy volunteers (six men, seven women; M[subscript age] = 20.5 ± 0.5 years) performed 8 weeks of isometric TSE 3 days per week. A tongue…
Descriptors: Human Body, Motor Reactions, Muscular Strength, Young Adults
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Zhanibek, Kuderiev; Zh, Beknazarov; Kasymbayeva, J.; Sh, Shonov E.; Minarbekov, D. I.; Sydykov, N.T. – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2021
In the Republic of Kazakhstan, specialists in the field of Physical culture and Sports are faced with the problem of increasing interest in practicing folk national sports, based on the creation of both theoretical paradigms and a more evidence-based comprehensive practical database of research in scientific and methodological orientation. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Athletes, Athletics, Physical Fitness
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Erol, Sadettin – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2022
In this study, it was aimed to examine the effects of static and dynamic core exercises applied to football players aged 10-12 years on some physical fitness characteristics. The mean age of 12,4±0,4 years, average body weight of 43,2±0.31 kg, average height of 153,5±0.32 cm and average age of 4.32 years in sports, 32 male football players who…
Descriptors: Exercise, Athletes, Team Sports, Physical Fitness
Korkmaz, Sezgin; Uysal, Hüseyin Sahin – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2021
Many factors determine success in football. But the most important of these are the physical and physiological variables that determine the performance of football players. Meeting these physical and physiological needs is also based on training methods prepared following branch-specific neural, muscular, and metabolic parameters. In football, for…
Descriptors: Athletics, Team Sports, Athletes, Physical Fitness
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Benitez, Tanya J.; Dunsiger, Shira; Marquez, Becky; Larsen, Britta; Pekmezi, Dori; Marcus, Bess H. – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
Background: Only 17% of Latinas meet national physical activity (PA) guidelines for both moderate-to-vigorous aerobic and muscle-strengthening PA. Additional health benefits are derived from the combination of aerobic and muscle-strengthening PA (vs. aerobic alone), yet there is paucity in research on muscle-strengthening activity in Latinas. The…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Females, Muscular Strength, Training
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Paula Chica, Maritza Gisella; Aguilar Morocho, Elva Katherine – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2022
The objective of this research has been the analysis of the effectiveness of sports performance through a program, based on the assimilation of contents from a previous diagnosis. The almost-experimental design was applied like a pre- during program. Eighty-two students from Basic Education Career of UPSE have participated in this study, developed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attention, Athletics, College Students
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