Impact of Adapted with Unified Exercise Programme on Selected Fundamental Motor Skills of Children with Intellectual Disability

Abstract :

The purpose of the study was to find out the impact of adapted with unified exercise programme on selected fundamental motor skills of children with intellectual disability. To achieve the purpose of the present study, twenty nine mild intellectually challenged and without intellectually challenged boys and twelve mild intellectually challenged girls and without intellectually challenged girls were selected from various schools of Parur block, Karamadai block, SS kulam block, City block and Periyanaickenpalayam block, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. The age of the subjects ranged from twelve to fifteen years. The IQ of the subjects was between 70 and 75 and they had been certified and recommended by their caretakers and parents. Adapted with unified exercise programme was selected as dependent variable and speed and explosive power were selected as dependent variables. Speed was measured by 50m run test and explosive power was measured by standing broad jump test. ‘t’ ratio was used to find the significant difference between the pre and post tests of experimental group. It is concluded that the adapted with unified exercise programme positively improves the performance in speed and explosive power of children with intellectual disability.

Author Name : Dr. M. Srinivasan & Dr. R. Giridharan

Keywords: Adapted exercise, unified exercise, speed, explosive power, children with intellectual disability.