Adapted Physical Activity: Health and Fitness

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Sports for People with Handicaps....Pages 3-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Adapted Physical Activity Pedagogy: Principles, Practices, and Creativity....Pages 13-19
Adapted Physical Education Programs for Mentally Retarded Children....Pages 20-24
Legislative Influences on Adapted Physical Activity and Sports in the USA....Pages 26-31
Sources of Enjoyment and Sources of Stress Among Sports Participants with Visual Disabilities....Pages 32-36
Effects of Physical Education Programs on Children with Learning Disabilities....Pages 37-40
Sports for the Disabled in Slovenia—New Directions: Institutionalized Physically Disabled Youth in Slovenia and Their Preferences in Active and Passive Sports Participation....Pages 41-46
Physical Disability: The Brazilian Society Creates, “Rehabilitates”, and Stigmatizes....Pages 47-50
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
The Handicapped as Depicted in the Art of Japan....Pages 53-55
Study of the Longitudinal Evaluation of Physical Activity and Sports in Cardiac Transplant Recipients....Pages 56-61
Development of Pressure Sores in Active and Inactive Persons with Spinal Cord Injury....Pages 62-67
Effects of Feeding Levels and Body Weight Loading on Muscle Size and Visceral Organ Sizes in Rats....Pages 68-76
Exercise-Induced Temperature Changes in the Tympanic Membrane and Skin of Patients with Spinal Cord Injury....Pages 77-83
Comparative Study on the Response of Cardiopulmonary Function Between the Spinal Cord Injured and the Normal Sedentary During Maximal Exercise and Rest....Pages 84-91
Circulatory Response During Isokinetic Training on Upper Extremity in Coronary Heart Disease Patients....Pages 92-96
Different Forms of Body Activity as Therapeutical Concepts in Osteopenia....Pages 97-102
A Computed Tomography Study of Skeletal Muscle in the Thigh in Hemiplegics....Pages 103-106
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Normal and Abnormal Development of Posture Control in Children....Pages 109-116
A Psychophysiological Approach to Physical Activity....Pages 117-122
Postural Sway Biofeedback Training in Congenitally Blind Children....Pages 123-130
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Motor Pattern During the Standing Long Jump in Individuals with Mental Retardation....Pages 131-136
Electromyographic Characteristics of the Learning Process of Walking in Normal Infants and Children....Pages 137-141
Postural Sway in Normal and Mentally Retarded Persons....Pages 142-146
Gaze Control in Children with High Versus Low Motor Proficiency....Pages 147-154
Why Do Lower Limb-Deficient People Have Difficulty in Downhill Walking?—Kinetics of Downhill Versus Level Walking....Pages 155-158
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
A Study of the Development Pattern of Physically Handicapped Students in Seoul....Pages 161-170
Effects of Aerobic Threshold Training on Aerobic Work Capacity in Hemiplegics....Pages 171-175
Endurance Training with an Adapted Device in the Visually Impaired....Pages 176-181
Aerobic Work Capacity of Quadriplegics and Exercise Intensity During the Twin-Basketball Game....Pages 182-186
Assessment of Cardiovascular Regulation to Lower Body Negative Pressure in Bedridden Disabled Patients....Pages 187-192
Cardiorespiratory Adaptations of Heart Transplant Patients During a Constant Work Load Exercise at the Ventilatory Threshold....Pages 193-200
Cardiorespiratory Function of Educable Mentally Retarded Boys....Pages 201-208
Adaptation in Students with Down Syndrome: An Experimental Study on the Trainability of Strength and Power....Pages 209-216
Decreasing Motor Ability in Adults with Down Syndrome....Pages 217-221
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
Dynamic Balance Training by Balance Board for the Elderly....Pages 225-237
Ten-Year Longitudinal Evaluation of Physical Fitness in the Elderly....Pages 238-242
The Credo Project: Adapted Physical Activity for Autonomous Active and Sedentary Elderly....Pages 243-249
Osteoporosis Risk Prevalence Among Intellectually Disabled Women....Pages 250-254
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
Adapted Physical Activity at the Dawn of the 21st Century....Pages 257-263
Back Matter....Pages 265-272