This Section provides abstracts and summaries of research articles that focus on exercise, fitness, and other physical activities for people with various disabilities and health conditions.
- Employment in Adults with Down Syndrome
- Physical training and fatigue, fitness, and quality of life in Guillain-Barré syndrome and CIDP
- AT & T.A.P.E. Principles Lead to Inclusion
- Energy Metabolism During Activity-Promoting Video Games Practice in Subjects with Spinal Cord Injury: Evidences for Health Promotion
- How Inclusive are Campus Recreation Programs?
- 25 Years After the Passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act: Are Community Fitness Facilities Accessible?
- Research Corner: Physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and exercise training in primary and secondary coronary prevention
- Effects of Resistance and Endurance Training in Paraplegia
- Physical activity and motor skills in children with and without visual impairments
- Beyond the Box: Introduction
- Impact of a walking program in people with Down syndrome
- Physical Activity Adherence and Quality of Life among Individuals with Arthritis
- Healthy Cognitive Aging and Dementia Prevention
- Use of Low Compression Balls in Wheelchair Tennis
- Beyond the Box
- A New Comprehensive Nutrition Curriculum for Teenagers with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- "Service" Dogs Truly are a Man's Best Friend
- Perspectives of Elite Athletes with Disability and Impact of the ADA
- Role of Yoga in Diabetes
- Research on Physical Activity and Disability: an Emerging National Priority
- Dance Program for Physical Rehabilitation and Participation in Children with Cerebral Palsy
- A Personal Safety Curriculum for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD)
- Beneficial Effects of Exercise on Fitness, Walking Ability, and Cognition in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis
- Energy expenditure and physical activity of ambulatory children with cerebral palsy and of typically developing children.
- Physical Training in Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta.
- Role of Sleep Duration and Quality in the Risk and Severity of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Disability Type Influences Heart Rate Response During Power Wheelchair Sport
- Emerging Evidence: A pilot study of the effect of aerobic exercise on people with moderate disability multiple sclerosis.
- Research Corner: Physical Fitness, Walking Performance, and Gait in Multiple Sclerosis
- Perceptions of a Videogame-Based Dance Exercise Program Among Individuals with Parkinsons Disease
- Comparison of the Physiological Demands of Wheelchair Basketball and Wheelchair Tennis
- The Efficacy of a 9-Month Treadmill Walking Program on the Exercise Capacity and Weight Reduction for Adolescents with Severe Autism
- The Effects of Power Yoga in Parkinson's Disease
- Persons with Parkinson's Walking Faster after Treadmill Training
- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Multiple Sclerosis Study
- Age-related changes in aerobic capacity in individuals with mental retardation: a 20 year review
- Estimating MET values using the ratio of heart rate for persons with paraplegia.
- Effects of t’ai chi exercise on fibromyalgia symptoms and health related quality of life.
- Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Among Older U.S. Adults with and without disabilities, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2003.
- Delving into the Paradox of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Obesity
- The Effects of Breastfeeding on Child Disability
- Physical exercise and individuals with autism spectrum disorders: A systematic review
- Exercise Program for Nursing Home Residents with Alzheimer's Disease: A 1-Year Randomized, Controlled Trial
- Wheelchair skills training for community-based manual wheelchair users: A randomized controlled trial
- Effects of Exercise and Patient Education on Fibromyalgia
- Exercise Improves Sleep Quality and Fatigue in Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Tai Chi for Fall Prevention in Parkinsons
- Animal-Assisted Interventions for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Prevalence of Exercise Barriers and Association with Exercise Participation among Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury
- Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (NEAT) on Weight Loss
- Research News Flash
- Recommendations for the Optimal Design of Exergame Interventions for Persons with Disabilities
- The Effects of High Intensity Exercise Versus Moderate Intensity Exercise on the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes
- Effects of Water-Based Exercise for Cardiovascular Fitness in Individuals who Experience Chronic Post-Stroke Symptoms
- Fatigue Mediates the Relationship Between Physical Fitness and Quality of Life in Cancer Survivors
- Home-based Resistance Training in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
- The Effects of Wii Fit Yoga on Physical Function in Female Low Back Pain Patients
- Effects of Sports Climbing on Muscle Performance and Balance for Patients with MS
- Benefits of Surfing for Children with Disabilities: A Pilot Study
- Exercise Intervention to Reduce Depressive Symptoms in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
- How Activity Benefits Elementary School Age Children with Intellectual Disabilities
- Treadmill Walking Exercise and Persons with Multiple Sclerosis
- Fatherhood and Your BMI
- Research During the Paralympic Games
- Modifiable Risk Factors and Alzheimer's Disease
- Birth Prevalence and Prevention of Neural Tube Defects
- Determining Which Diet is "Best"
- Exercise and Breast Cancer
- Is High Intensity Interval Training a Good Exercise Option for Individuals with a Spinal Cord Injury?
- Physical Activity in Children with Disabilities
- How Does the Built Environment Around You Impact the Way You Do Physical Activity?
- Does Gender Play a Role in the Transition to Employment in Young Adults with Physical Disabilities?
- The chilling challenges of winter conditions for young people with mobility devices.
- Study on Health Behaviors in Adults with MS who use Wheelchairs
- Accessible and Inclusive Diabetes Management Study
- Peak exercise capacity of electrically induced ambulation in persons with paraplegia.
- Physical Activity Among Adults with Severe and Profound Intellectual Disabilities with Concurrent Mobility Impairements Requiring the Use of a Wheelchair
- Comparison of cardiovascular adaptations to long-term arm and leg exercise in wheelchair athletes versus long-distance runners.
- Metabolic and cardiopulmonary responses to acute progressive resistive exercise in a person with C4 spinal cord injury.
- 'Finding a good thing': the use of quantitative and qualitative methods to evaluate an exercise class and promote exercise for adults with mobility impairments.
- Body composition in Prader-Willi syndrome compared with nonsyndromal obesity: Relationship to physical activity and growth hormone function.
- Exercise can reverse quadriceps sensorimotor dysfunction that is associated with rheumatoid arthritis without exacerbating disease.
- Aerobic fitness, fatigue, and physical disability in systemic lupus erythematosus
- Are Health Clubs Accessible?
- Effects of Home Exercise on Motor Performance in Patients with Parkinson's Disease
- Development of an Exercise Testing Protocol for Patients with a Lower Limb Amputation: Results of a Pilot Study
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of Deep Water Running: Clinical Effectiveness of Aquatic Exercise to Treat Fibromyalgia.
- Shoulder muscle strength in paraplegics before and after kayak ergometer training
- Yoga Asana Sessions Increase Brain GABA Levels: A Pilot Study
- A Comparison of the Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness of 3 Intervention Strategies for AIDS Wasting
- Exercise Induced Change in Psychological Well-Being among Spinal Cord Injury
- Review of Effectiveness of Physical Interventions for SCI
- Resistance Training for Children with CP
- Treadmill Exercise in Patients with Chronic Stroke
- Aerobic Fitness and Obesity in Adolescents and Young Adults with Spina Bifida
- Validity and responsiveness of the spinal cord index of function
- Injuries among US children with different types of disabilities
- Exercise Intervention Research on Persons with Disabilities
- Physical Exercise, Aging, and Mild Cognitive Impairment
- More Research Concluding Exercise Programs Should Be Focused on the Individual: A Qualitative Study Looking at Independent Exercise Programs for People with Parkinsons and Huntingtons Disease
- Can an Online Community Help Prevent Attrition from an Internet-Mediated Walking Program?
- Examining Health Disparities among Adults with Disabilities and What It Means for Public Health
- Resistance Training and Chronic Disease
- Raising Healthy Kids - Part 1: Everyday Activity
- Obesity, Cardiovascular Disease in Children with and without Disabilities, and Prevention
- Dementia and Frailty Linked to Obesity in Midlife
- Unhealthy Weight in Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities: Obesity Highest in Youth with Autism
- Cigarette Smoking Prevalence High in College Students with Disabilities
- Core Muscle Strength Improves Balance in Older Adults
- Waist Circumference Indicator of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Adults with Cerebral Palsy
- Fitness and Cognition in School-Aged Children
- Which Lab Testing Modality Best Represents Over-Ground Sports Wheelchair Propulsion?
- Low-Cost Home-Based Diet and Exercise Interventions for Veterans
- How does exercise influence energy expenditure and body composition in individuals with SCI?
- Effectiveness of Web-based Physical Activity Interventions for Individuals with Chronic Disease
- Afterschool Park Programs for Improving Health and Fitness in Children with Disabilities
- Sleep Duration Among People with Disabilities
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Why Alcohol & Pregnancy Do Not Mix
- Using Wii Fit for Balance Training Post Stroke
- Cerebral Palsy and Health-Related Physical Fitness Early in Life