The Effect of Individualized Exercise Training Applied to Autistic Individuals on Motor Development

Authors : Bircan KAVLAK, Betül BEYAZIT

Pages : 1-6

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Publication Date : 2019-09-15

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of this research is to examine the effect of motorized development of individualized exercise training that is regularly applied to autistic individuals. The study included 10 boys with an average age of 11.7 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(±1,9); who were educated at the Agir Vivre L`autisme school in Paris and 18 boys and 2 women with an average age of 13 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(±2,9); who were educated at the Izmit Autism Sports Club Association in Kocaeli. It covers a total of 30 children. The practice lasted eight week, five days a week and two hours a day. Wilcoxon test, which is a nonparametric test, was applied to the obtained data after descriptive statistical procedures insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(mean, standard deviation); in the SPSS 21.0 package program. The meaning level was taken as 0.01. A statistically significant difference was found between the pretest-posttest results of all the parameters of the study group insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p <0.01);. As a result of this research, it can be stated that the physical activity program which is applied regularly, systematically and correctly to the children with autism makes an important contribution to the development of the children`s motor.
Keywords : Autism, physical activity