TY - JOUR
T1 - Physical and psychological health outcomes of a sitting light volleyball intervention program on adults with physical disabilities
T2 - a non-randomized controlled pre-post study
AU - Leung, Ka Man
AU - Chung, Pak Kwong
AU - Chu, William
AU - Ng, Kwok
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Knowledge Transfer Office, Hong Kong Baptist University, under grant (KTP/055/sept2017). The funding body had no role in the design of the study and collection, analysis, and interpretation of data and in writing the manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - BackgroundPeople with physical disabilities (PWPD) have limited opportunities to participate in sport activities. Sitting light volleyball (SLVB) is an adapted sport that combines light volleyball and paralympic sitting volleyball. This study examined the effectiveness of an SLVB intervention program to improve the physical and psychological health outcomes of PWPD in Hong Kong, China. MethodsThirty-two PWPD [13 women; SLVB group, n = 18; control group (CG), n = 14] with an average age of 48.89 years (SD = 14.42 years) participated in a 16-week intervention consisting of basic SLVB skills, and they also received instructions on the required posture, team tactics, and SLVB rules. Physical (i.e., muscular strength, muscular endurance, body composition, flexibility, and aerobic endurance) and psychological (i.e., physical activity enjoyment and quality of life) health outcomes were measured before and after the intervention. ResultsIndividuals in the SLVB group exhibited statistically significant improvements in cardiovascular endurance [F(1,29) = 4.23, p =.049], body composition [F(1,23) = 6.67, p =.017], and physical activity enjoyment [F(1,29) = 16.94, p =.001] compared with adults in the CG. ConclusionsParticipating in SLVB has physical and psychological benefits for adults with physical disabilities in this study.
AB - BackgroundPeople with physical disabilities (PWPD) have limited opportunities to participate in sport activities. Sitting light volleyball (SLVB) is an adapted sport that combines light volleyball and paralympic sitting volleyball. This study examined the effectiveness of an SLVB intervention program to improve the physical and psychological health outcomes of PWPD in Hong Kong, China. MethodsThirty-two PWPD [13 women; SLVB group, n = 18; control group (CG), n = 14] with an average age of 48.89 years (SD = 14.42 years) participated in a 16-week intervention consisting of basic SLVB skills, and they also received instructions on the required posture, team tactics, and SLVB rules. Physical (i.e., muscular strength, muscular endurance, body composition, flexibility, and aerobic endurance) and psychological (i.e., physical activity enjoyment and quality of life) health outcomes were measured before and after the intervention. ResultsIndividuals in the SLVB group exhibited statistically significant improvements in cardiovascular endurance [F(1,29) = 4.23, p =.049], body composition [F(1,23) = 6.67, p =.017], and physical activity enjoyment [F(1,29) = 16.94, p =.001] compared with adults in the CG. ConclusionsParticipating in SLVB has physical and psychological benefits for adults with physical disabilities in this study.
KW - Adaptive physical activity
KW - Special population
KW - Sport
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U2 - 10.1186/s13102-021-00328-7
DO - 10.1186/s13102-021-00328-7
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85113789550
SN - 2052-1847
VL - 13
JO - BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
JF - BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
IS - 1
M1 - 100
ER -