The Effects of Walking Exercise on the Cardiorespiratory Endurance and Walking Performance for Vocational Senior High School Students with Intellectual Disabilities

• Main Author: 陳怡君
• Other Authors: 陳靜江
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/vpwxvc

碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 復建諮商研究所 === 97 === The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of walking exercise on the cardiorespiratory endurance and walking performance for students with intellectual disabilities in a vocational senior high school. The quasi-experimental design method was adopted 26 participants from a special school in Kaohsiung city were recruited. 13 participants were assigned to the experimental group, and the other 13 participants were the control group. The experimental group received 10 weeks of walking exercise training, at 50 minuets per session, 5 days per week (Monday to Friday) and at a exercise intensity limit between 60% and 70% maximum heart rate. The control group received ordinary special education curriculums. All participants completed three times of the PACER（Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run）20-Meter Shuttle Run test and test for the average walking speed during 1600 meters：before the experiment started , after the experiment and the follow-up test at the fourteenth week of the experiment started. All results from these tests were recorded and analyzed by descriptive statistics; repeated measure t-test; the one way analysis of covariance . The major findings of this study were as follows. The results of the effects of walking exercise training indicated that the post-training scores of PACER and results of the average walking speed during 1600 meters were better than pre-training in the experimental group, and the post-training score of experimental group were better than the control group significantly. The results showed that the walking exercise training for students with intellectual disabilities in the vocational senior high school could improve their cardiorespiratory endurance and walking performance. The maintenance effects of walking exercise training revealed that the follow-up test scores of PACER and results of the average walking speed during 1600 meters were better than the pre-test results in the experimental group and, significantly, better than the post-test scores of the control group. The results showed that the walking exercise training for students with intellectual disabilities in the vocational senior high school can improve and maintain their cardiorespiratory endurance and walking performance. Finally, several suggestions were proposed for the application of the walking exercise training on the school for students with intellectual disabilities, and for future study.