title: Physical capacities of sightless adolescents.
abstract: Nineteen sightless children and adolescents aged between 11 and 18 years were tested for physical condition and performance. Their residential school provided four adapted physical education lessons a week, lasting for 45 minutes. Their physical condition and performance was found to be comparable with that of normal sighted children. A supplementary training programme consisting of three extra 60-minute sessions a week for four months to test whether their fitness could be developed further produced only minor changes. It is concluded that a well-designed, adapted physical education programme, in four sessions per week, is sufficient to ensure a normal level of physical condition for sightless children.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001766:Blindness / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D010809:Physical Fitness; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen