Carmeli, E., Barchad, S., Masharawi, Y., & Coleman, R. (2004). Impact of a walking program in people with Down syndrome. Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, 18(1), 180-84.
Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate how a pain-free, low-intensity walking program would affect older adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) who reside in institutions. The researchers hypothesized that a structured, low-intensity, walking program would lead to positive effects on older adults with ID who had intermittent claudication (IC), the primary complaint of patients with peripheral vascular disease (PVD).
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syndrome.