title: Walking habits of adults with mental retardation.
abstract: The walking activity of men and women with mental retardation residing in community settings was described. Participants were 38 women (M age=.7, SD=9.5) and 65 men (M age=35.9, SD=11.2). They wore pedometers for 7 days. A 2 x 2 factorial ANOVA indicated no significant gender differences in total step counts or between participants with and those without Down syndrome. A post-hoc analysis revealed that participants walked less on Saturday than during the weekdays. Only 21.1% of the women and 21.5% of the men with mental retardation accumulated the recommended 10,000 steps per day.
authors.affiliation: Department of Exercise Science and Physical Education, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125-3393, USA. heidi.stanish@umb.edu
authors.forename: Heidi I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Stanish
authors.forename: Christopher C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Draheim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016138:Walking