Effects of a Floor Hockey Intervention on Motor Proficiency, Physical Fitness, and Adaptive Development in Youths with Mild Intellectual Disabilities

Po-Jen Hsu, Hung-Ling Yeh, Chia-Liang Tsai, Chia-Hua Chu, Fu-Chen Chen and Chien-Yu Pan
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Po-Jen Hsu: Graduate Institute of Physical Education, National Taiwan Sport University, Taoyuan City 333, Taiwan
Hung-Ling Yeh: Department of Physical Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung City 802, Taiwan
Chia-Liang Tsai: Institute of Physical Education, Health and Leisure Studies, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City 701, Taiwan
Chia-Hua Chu: Department of Physical Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung City 802, Taiwan
Fu-Chen Chen: Department of Physical Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung City 802, Taiwan
Chien-Yu Pan: Department of Physical Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung City 802, Taiwan

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 13, 1-17

Abstract: This study examined the effects of a 12-week floor hockey training program on the motor proficiency, physical fitness, and adaptive development of youths with mild intellectual disabilities (IDs). A total of 54 youths with IDs were divided into two groups: a floor hockey exercise group (EG; n = 27; age, 16.59 ± 0.56 years) and a control group (CG; n = 27; age, 16.65 ± 0.63 years). The participants in the EG attended sessions of a floor hockey training program 3 times per week over a 12-week period. The CG group maintained their standard activities of daily living. The participants’ scores on the Bruininks–Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, Second Edition, Brockport Physical Fitness Test, and traditional Chinese version of the teacher form of the Adaptive Behavior Assessment System, Second Edition, were obtained before and after the intervention. The results of the study indicate that the 12-week floor hockey training program significantly increased the participants’ scores for most indicators of motor proficiency ( p < 0.01), physical fitness ( p < 0.01), and adaptive development ( p < 0.01). The findings provide evidence that physical activity interventions focusing on floor hockey training are a viable therapeutic option for treating youths with IDs.

Keywords: floor hockey exercise; motor skill; physical fitness; adaptive behavior; intellectual disability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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