Physical activity levels of children with visual impairments during an adapted sports camp

Daniel W. Tindall; John T. Foley; Micheal W. Beets; Lauren J. Lieberman

doi:10.1177/0264619616674334

Physical activity levels of children with visual impairments during an adapted sports camp

Daniel W. Tindall
, John T. Foley
, Micheal W. Beets
, Lauren J. Lieberman

Department of Physical Education & Sport Sciences

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify the physical activity (PA) levels of children and young people with visual impairments (VI) as they participated in closed and open skilled sports as part of a specially designed 1-week sports camp. Participants (N = 18; girls = 6; boys = 12; M_age= 13 years, 4 months) aged 9–19 years possessed various levels of VI. Data were collected using Actigraph GM1 accelerometers and analysed using a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Findings suggest there was a significant effect of activity type on both intensity F(1.7,28.94) = 9.86, p =.001, (formula presented) and time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) F(4,68) = 6.03, p <.001, (formula presented). The findings of this study support the continued implementation of both closed and open skill-oriented disability sports as a means to reaching recommended MVPA levels for children and young people with VI.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	143-153
Number of pages	11
Journal	British Journal of Visual Impairment
Volume	35
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0264619616674334
Publication status	Published - May 2017

Keywords

Accelerometers
Adapted physical activity
Beep baseball
Disability sport
Goalball

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