title: Eurofit special: European fitness battery score variation among individuals with intellectual disabilities.
abstract: The Eurofit Special Test is a battery of motor fitness tests resulting from a 10-year project of the Committee of Experts for Sports Research and is comprised of strength, speed, flexibility, and balance. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the Eurofit Special was able to distinguish variations in functioning among individuals with intellectual disabilities. Significant differences were found in long jump flexibility 25-m dash, medicine ball throw, balance walk, sit ups in 30-s. Analyses demonstrated that the Eurofit Special was able to discriminate performance levels by gender, age, and level of intellectual disability (mild: 177 female, 368 male; moderate: 359 female, 476 male; severe: 92 female, 111 male).
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Rehabilitation, Academy of Physical Education, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Waldemar
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Skowronski
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horvat
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nocera
authors.forename: Glenn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Roswal
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Croce
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001132:Arm / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D005060:Europe; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology; D010809:Physical Fitness; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D055815:Young Adult