Cardiorespiratory and muscular endurance of sedentary children and adolescents with or without intellectual disability in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Authors : Teddy BOFOSA, Betty MİANGİNDULA, Constant NKİAMA, Eric KAM, Guy BUMOKO

Pages : 133-139

Doi:10.31459/turkjkin.623377

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Publication Date : 2019-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of this study was to assess the level of physical fitness and sedentary children with disabilities included in Kinshasa. One hundred-thirty children were included in this study, 70 with intellectual disability insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ID, age: 12.4 ± 4 years); and 60 without ID insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(age: 11.6 ± 4 years);. Flexibility, explosive strength, grip strength, abdominal endurance, and cardiorespiratory endurance tests were used. They are supplemented by the measurement of anthropometric characteristics. Measurements of muscular strength endurance, isometric force, walking distance and cardiorespiratory endurance was significantly higher in comparison with ID insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05);. The muscular strength endurance, isometric strength walking distance and cardiorespiratory endurance of girls was significantly lower than those of the control group insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p <0.05);. It is clear from this study that the cardiorespiratory and muscular endurance of children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities is inferior to those of children without intellectual disabilities regardless of the type of children.
Keywords : Adolescents, children, endurance, intellectual disability