Open AccessSmall Steps in Fitness, Major Leaps in Health for Adults With Intellectual Disabilities
Author(s) -
Alyt Oppewal,
Dederieke MaesFesten,
Thessa Hilgenkamp
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
exercise and sport sciences reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.945
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1538-3008
pISSN - 0091-6331
DOI - 10.1249/jes.0000000000000216
Subject(s) - leaps , cutoff , gerontology , physical fitness , intellectual disability , psychology , fitness landscape , medicine , physical therapy , environmental health , psychiatry , population , physics , quantum mechanics , financial economics , economics
Physical fitness is positively related to health outcomes like morbidity and all-cause mortality, with minimally required cutoff values to generate those health benefits. Individuals with intellectual disability (ID) exhibit very low fitness levels well below those cutoff values. Our novel hypothesis is that even among very unfit, older adults with ID, small changes in fitness translate to major changes in health.