Quality Physical Intervention Activity for Persons with Down Syndrome

Persons with Down syndrome (DS) are at risk for a life of inactivity that can result in a multitude of medical problems including heart and vascular diseases. This review presents findings regarding the physical status of individuals with DS, as well as proper interventions found to improve the phys...

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Autor principal: Lotan, Meir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2007
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5901239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17221138
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2007.20
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description Persons with Down syndrome (DS) are at risk for a life of inactivity that can result in a multitude of medical problems including heart and vascular diseases. This review presents findings regarding the physical status of individuals with DS, as well as proper interventions found to improve the physical fitness and general health for this population. This review was written with the intent to suggest practical directions in planning and implementing quality physical intervention programs for this population.
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spelling pubmed-59012392018-06-03 Quality Physical Intervention Activity for Persons with Down Syndrome Lotan, Meir ScientificWorldJournal Review Article Persons with Down syndrome (DS) are at risk for a life of inactivity that can result in a multitude of medical problems including heart and vascular diseases. This review presents findings regarding the physical status of individuals with DS, as well as proper interventions found to improve the physical fitness and general health for this population. This review was written with the intent to suggest practical directions in planning and implementing quality physical intervention programs for this population. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2007-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5901239/ /pubmed/17221138 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2007.20 Text en Copyright © 2007 Meir Lotan. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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