Effects of Multicomponent Physical Exercise Programs on Physical Fitness in People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review

Claudio Farías-Valenzuela, Paloma Ferrero-Hernández, Gerson Ferrari, Cristian Cofre-Bolados (), Sebastián Espoz-Lazo, Sebastián Álvarez-Arangua, Adilson Marques and Pedro Valdivia-Moral ()
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Claudio Farías-Valenzuela: Instituto del Deporte, Universidad de las Américas, Santiago 9170022, Chile
Paloma Ferrero-Hernández: Facultad de Educación y Cultura, Universidad SEK, Santiago 7520318, Chile
Gerson Ferrari: Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Providencia 7500912, Chile
Cristian Cofre-Bolados: Sciences of Physical Activity, Sports and Health School, University of Santiago of Chile (USACH), Santiago 9170022, Chile
Sebastián Espoz-Lazo: Facultad de Ciencias para el Cuidado de la Salud, Universidad San Sebastian, Lota 2464, Providencia 7510157, Chile
Sebastián Álvarez-Arangua: Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, School of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Reahabilitation Sciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago 7591538, Chile
Adilson Marques: CIPER, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, 1499-002 Lisbon, Portugal
Pedro Valdivia-Moral: Departamento de Didáctica de la Expresión Musical, Plástica y Corporal, Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 24, 1-10

Abstract: People with intellectual disabilities (ID) have high rates of overweight and obesity, heart and metabolic diseases, and low motor development. These factors compromise functional independence and autonomy in activities of daily living. The objective of this study was to clarify the design and implementation of multicomponent physical exercise programs (MPEPs) and evaluate their effects on physical fitness in people with ID. A search for scientific articles in English published before 2022 was conducted using Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, and Science Direct databases. Scientific papers describing the effects of MPEPs on physical fitness in people with ID were considered. A total of 374 articles involving people with ID were included. Positive physical fitness outcomes were found in interventions with MPEPs in its morphological components and to a lesser extent in the motor, muscular, metabolic, and cardiorespiratory aspects in people with ID. Further research is needed to standardize and elucidate the effects of the MPEP on other functional dimensions of physical fitness to use them as a physical activity alternative to reduce sedentary behavior in people with ID.

Keywords: multicomponent exercise; exercise training; intellectual disability; physical fitness; functional capacity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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