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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"adapted physical activity"”.
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Evaluation of a professional development curriculum in movement education and adapted physical activity for invisible disabilities : a critical cross-case analysis
Movement education and adapted physical activity are content areas not addressed in pre-service education or in-service training for Ontario practitioners working with individuals with disabilities in physical environments. Consequently, physical activity is often overlooked by service providers in …
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A influência da atividade física adaptada na imagem corporal da pessoa amputada: um estudo de caso
The adapted physical activity has been worked as an important form of physical rehabilitation and social inclusion of people with disabilities along the history. Introducing valuable contributions in the reconstruction of body image of persons with amputation, collaborating with the aggregation of …
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Lived experiences of children with disabilities in various movement programs
… aged 10-13 shared their experiences in school physical education and adapted physical activity. Observations of participants using interactive media activities in an adapted physical activity program were used to supplement interviews. The aim of this research was to discover how future …
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Back to Basics: Exploring gestural habits as cues for anticipating self-injurious episodes in a child with Autism and Deafness
… the research design and orientation of Physical Education, Phenomenology and Semiotics, and then systematically explores four distinct phases in the analytical process. The aim was to explore self-injurious episodes in the child informant in hopes to translate the meaning of the …
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The Psychosocial and Physical effects of Therapeutic Horseback Riding for Children with Cerebral Palsy
Background: Participation in specialized adapted activities such as therapeutic horseback riding (THR) is critical for children with cerebral palsy (CP) as they are at increased risk for lower habitual physical activity levels, social exclusion and mental health conditions. The benefits of THR for …
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Valutazione degli effetti dell'esercizio fisico adattato sulla capacità fisica e sulla regolazione cardiocircolatoria in pazienti con sclerosi multipla
… supervised CT, 1 h/session, 3 days/week of adapted physical activity (APA). Ten subjects (4 females; age 47.7±10.9; BMI 24.3±4.3) with RR-MS (EDSS 2.5-6.0) were enrolled as sedentary control group (CTL). CT program consisted of endurance training, resistance training, and exercises for …