Body mass index and percent body fat in goalball and movement education in male and female children with severe visual impairment
NEUROLOGY PSYCHIATRY AND BRAIN RESEARCH, cilt.17, sa.2, ss.39-41, 2011 (SCI-Expanded)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 17 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2011
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.npbr.2011.03.001
- Dergi Adı: NEUROLOGY PSYCHIATRY AND BRAIN RESEARCH
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.39-41
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Body mass index, Body fat, Goalball, Visual impairment, PHYSICAL-FITNESS, BLIND, OBESITY
- Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Abstract
Objective: The aim of the present study was to compare 3 months percent body fat (PBF) and body mass index (BMI) in children with severe visual impairment enrolled in goalball and movement education.
Methods: Participants were 24 boys and 22 girls with visual impairment, 10-15 years of age (M = 12.5 years, SD = 1.5). Skin-fold measurements were performed on the right side of the body by using Holtain((R)) calipers.
Results: Both BMI and PBF reduced in boy and girl goalball players. PBF reduced in both boys and girls of movement education group; BMI increased in boys and decreased in girls. In girls, reduction in PBF was higher in goalball group than in movement education group.
Conclusions: Maturation confounds these data but movement education in especially boys and goalball in especially girls may contribute physical and/or motor fitness. (C) 2011 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.