Physical capacities of sightless adolescents.
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.
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
D010100:Oxygen