Rimmer, JH, Chen, M-D., McCubbin, JA., Drum, C., & Peterson, J... (2010). Exercise Intervention Research on Persons with Disabilities. What We Know and Where We Need to Go. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 89, 249-263.

Though physical activity can reduce both health risks and improve well-being, there is a lack of evidence on the impact of physical activity for varying disability groups. This study aimed to assess the existing research on physical activity interventions for disability groups and to make research recommendations for the future.

Eighty studies were included in this study, each classified by type of study, type of exercise and targeted health outcomes. The results show that there is a gap in research on physical activity and disability as well as show that positive results were seldom ever duplicated in other studies. There needs to be future research that focuses on specific disabilities and varies the doses of exercises to determine the effects.

To read more, please go to: http://www.ncpad.org/816/4202/Exercise~Intervention~Research~on~Persons~with~Disabilities