Ergocycle Test for The Disabled Children
- DOI
- 10.2991/yishpess-cois-18.2018.158How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- ergocycle, physical fitness, disabled
- Abstract
The integration of physical education, sports, and health are part of the education system designed for the disabled children. The physical fitness in these children is considered very important in order to perform the physical activity. Consequently, is necessary to develop an instrument with the aim to evaluate the physical fitness status of the disabled child. The improvement of the sports facilities and infrastructure is very important in order to support the physical activity of special needs children. The survey method was used in this research combined with a qualitative descriptive method. Random sampling technique was used in five physical exercise and open-ended question questionnaires were used with the objective to obtain information. The result of the study in one school in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, has been revealed that the facilities and infrastructure necessaries in the implementation of teaching and learning activities are limited, especially, the physical fitness equipment for disabled children. Based on these results, the authors suggest a modification of an Ergocycle product by paddling using hands. This Ergocycle test, cheaply and durable has been designed in a with the aim to facilitate the use of children with special needs for low impedance
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- © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Sri Ayu Wahyuti AU - Mr Siswantoyo PY - 2018/12 DA - 2018/12 TI - Ergocycle Test for The Disabled Children BT - Proceedings of the 2nd Yogyakarta International Seminar on Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science (YISHPESS 2018) and 1st Conference on Interdisciplinary Approach in Sports (CoIS 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 622 EP - 623 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/yishpess-cois-18.2018.158 DO - 10.2991/yishpess-cois-18.2018.158 ID - AyuWahyuti2018/12 ER -