Effectiveness Of 12-Week Inclusive Physical Activity Program On Health-Related Variable Among Children With Disabilities

Abstract

This study investigates the Effectiveness of 12-week Inclusive Physical Activity Program on Health Related Variable Among Children with disabilities. To achieve this study (N= 30), Female Children with -mild Intellectual disabilities

IQ level between 50 to 70, Age between 14 to 18 were participated, in Coimbatore District, Tamilnadu, India. This participant did not go under any specific training program in their past record, were alone participated. The total number of thirty subjects was equally divided into two groups. Each of the group consist of fifteen children (n=15), where experimental group I consists of (n=15), and control group II consists of (n=15). The experimental group underwent the Inclusive Physical Activity Programme for twelve weeks. On the other hand, the control group did not undergo any physical activity program for twelve weeks. All the subjects (N=30) were evaluated on selected health-related variables, namely Body Mass Index, Resting Heart Rate, Reaction Time, and Coordination, and these variables were tested with the standardized test – BMI calculator, Digital pulse monitor, Nelson test, Alternate Hand-Eye Coordination test, before the Inclusive physical activity program and after the end of the program and using ‘t’ test statistically analyzed. The findings conclude that the study has a significant effectiveness on the inclusive physical activity training among the mild intellectual children.