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NCHPAD Research Corner: Walking Program for Persons with Down Syndrome


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).

Read the entire abstract at http://www.ncpad.org/289/1805/Impact~of~a~walking~program~in~people~with~Down~
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