AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF SPORTIVE IMAGINARY REALITY TRAINING ON SOME STRENGTH PARAMETERS OF THE CHILDREN WITH MODERATE LEVEL MENTAL RETARDATION Cover Image

ORTA DÜZEY ZİHİNSEL ENGELLİ ÇOCUKLARA UYGULANAN SPORTİF SANAL GERÇEKLİK UYGULAMALARININ BAZI KUVVET PARAMETRELERİ GELİŞİMİNE ETKİSİ
AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF SPORTIVE IMAGINARY REALITY TRAINING ON SOME STRENGTH PARAMETERS OF THE CHILDREN WITH MODERATE LEVEL MENTAL RETARDATION

Author(s): Emrah Aykora, Ali Tekin, Damla Aykora, Gülcan Tekin, Esra Kınay Gündoğdu, Melih Çalişir, Mehdi Duyan
Subject(s): Clinical psychology, Evaluation research, Health and medicine and law, Sports Studies, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Sage Yayınları
Keywords: Virtual Reality; strength; mentally retarded; child;

Summary/Abstract: Aim of this project investigation of probable development of some power parameters of mid-leveled mentally retarded children will be participated eight weeked virtual sportive activities. Samples composed from different rehab centers in Tatvan, Bitlis. 10 students for exercise group (EG) and 12 for control group (CG) randomly selected for the study. 2 of exercise group students removed from the study because of irregular attendance. By the ethics committee approval, EG participants 3 days a week and 30 minutes a day eight weeks long played with X-box game console beside the virtual reality scope while the CG maintained their own routines. SPSS packet programme used for data analysis. Normogenity and homogeneity tests applied and results evaluated by Shapiro-Wilk. Non-parametric tests (Kruskal Wallis-H and Mann Whitney U) used because of non-homogeneity of results showed. There are significant meaningful differences at left and right knee pull, left and right knee stretching, left and right forearm bending, left and right forearm stretching, left and right foot bending, left and right wrist bending, left and right wrist stretching movements.

  • Issue Year: 11/2019
  • Issue No: 42
  • Page Range: 196-202
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Turkish