Physical Fitness and Fatness in Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Salaun, Laureline; Berthouze-Aranda, Sophie E.
Titel	Physical Fitness and Fatness in Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 25 (2012) 3, S.231-239 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2322
DOI	10.1111/j.1468-3148.2012.00659.x
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Obesity; Mental Retardation; Body Composition; Physical Fitness; Tests; Foreign Countries; France + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Adipositas; Geistige Behinderung; Leistungsfähigkeit; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Ausland; Frankreich
Abstract	Background: This study investigated health-related fitness in adolescents with intellectual disabilities and analysed the various performances in physical fitness tests according to degrees of obesity. Materials and Methods: Eighty-seven French intellectual disabilities adolescents (14.24 [plus or minus] 1.48 years) performed the EUROFIT physical fitness test battery. Height, weight and waist circumference were assessed, and BMI and waist-to-height ratio were calculated. "Bio-impedancemetry" evaluated body fat (BF) percentage. Results: Ninety-four per cent of the adolescents completed the aerobic running test, 52% of which had low VO[subscript 2max]. Thirty-seven per cent were obese (%BF), and 32% had excess visceral adipose tissue. Adolescents with the lowest cardiorespiratory fitness had the highest BF percentages (P less than 0.001). Conclusions: Intellectual disabilities adolescents showed low physical fitness and high prevalence of obesity. Both could further worsen social participation and health status. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10