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Feasibility and Reliability of a Physical Fitness Test Battery in Individuals with Down Syndrome

Background: Down syndrome (DS) is a genetic disorder that occurs because of an abnormal division between cells that results in an extra copy of chromosome 21. Some studies show that physical exercise in people with DS increases some cognitive capacities, such as memory, and improves the quality of l...

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Autores principales: Cabeza-Ruiz, Ruth, Alcántara-Cordero, Francisco Javier, Ruiz-Gavilán, Isaac, Sánchez-López, Antonio Manuel
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Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6696516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31357594
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16152685
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author Cabeza-Ruiz, Ruth
Alcántara-Cordero, Francisco Javier
Ruiz-Gavilán, Isaac
Sánchez-López, Antonio Manuel
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Alcántara-Cordero, Francisco Javier
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Sánchez-López, Antonio Manuel
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description Background: Down syndrome (DS) is a genetic disorder that occurs because of an abnormal division between cells that results in an extra copy of chromosome 21. Some studies show that physical exercise in people with DS increases some cognitive capacities, such as memory, and improves the quality of life. Aim: The main aim of this study was to perform an analysis of the reliability and feasibility of the SAMU-Disability Fitness (DISFIT) battery in adults with DS. Methods: A cross-sectional study with a test–retest design was performed in a maximum interval of 2 weeks in 37 subjects (11 women and 26 men) aged between 21 and 58 years old with DS. Eight field-based fitness tests were proposed to assess the physical fitness (PF) of adults with DS: Body Mass Index (BMI), Waist Circumference (WC), the Timed Up and Go test (TUG), the Deep Trunk Flexibility test (DTF), the Hand Grip test (HG), the Timed Stand Test (TST), the 30-s Sit-Up (SUP) and the 6-Min Walk Test (6MWT). Results: The intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) in all the tests was good and high (>0.80), except for the 6MWT, whose reliability was fair. Conclusion: The SAMU-DISFIT battery is a reliable and feasible physical fitness battery which has been created with the purpose of establishing tests which measure the four basic components of PF (flexibility, cardiorespiratory fitness, musculoskeletal fitness and motor fitness) in adults with DS.
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spelling pubmed-66965162019-09-05 Feasibility and Reliability of a Physical Fitness Test Battery in Individuals with Down Syndrome Cabeza-Ruiz, Ruth Alcántara-Cordero, Francisco Javier Ruiz-Gavilán, Isaac Sánchez-López, Antonio Manuel Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: Down syndrome (DS) is a genetic disorder that occurs because of an abnormal division between cells that results in an extra copy of chromosome 21. Some studies show that physical exercise in people with DS increases some cognitive capacities, such as memory, and improves the quality of life. Aim: The main aim of this study was to perform an analysis of the reliability and feasibility of the SAMU-Disability Fitness (DISFIT) battery in adults with DS. Methods: A cross-sectional study with a test–retest design was performed in a maximum interval of 2 weeks in 37 subjects (11 women and 26 men) aged between 21 and 58 years old with DS. Eight field-based fitness tests were proposed to assess the physical fitness (PF) of adults with DS: Body Mass Index (BMI), Waist Circumference (WC), the Timed Up and Go test (TUG), the Deep Trunk Flexibility test (DTF), the Hand Grip test (HG), the Timed Stand Test (TST), the 30-s Sit-Up (SUP) and the 6-Min Walk Test (6MWT). Results: The intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) in all the tests was good and high (>0.80), except for the 6MWT, whose reliability was fair. Conclusion: The SAMU-DISFIT battery is a reliable and feasible physical fitness battery which has been created with the purpose of establishing tests which measure the four basic components of PF (flexibility, cardiorespiratory fitness, musculoskeletal fitness and motor fitness) in adults with DS. MDPI 2019-07-27 2019-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6696516/ /pubmed/31357594 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16152685 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_sort feasibility and reliability of a physical fitness test battery in individuals with down syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6696516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31357594
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16152685
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