뒤로 걷기 운동이 지적장애 학생의 평형성과 신체구성에 미치는 영향

The effects of Backward Walking Exercise on the Intellectually Disabled Students Body Composition

The goal of this study is to evaluate the effects of backward walking exercise program on the balance and body composition of students with intellectual disabilities. We measured and analyzed the balance and body composition factors (body weight, body fat, muscle volume, skeletal muscle mass, body fat percentage) by applying backward walking exercise programs to students with intellectual disabilities for eight weeks, three times a week and fifty minutes a day, and the results of the analysis were as follows. Backward walking exercise program showed low, but had positive effects on the balance and body composition of students with intellectual disabilities. First, except for C student, student A, B and D showed better performance record of static balance and now all of four students are able to walk backward without any assistance on athletic park track, not on the indoor track and they have been improved to the level that they can even run. Second, although there are individual differences, the skeletal muscle mass of students with intellectual disabilities equally increased after eight weeks of practicing backward walking exercise programs. We concluded with these results that backward walking exercise programs have positive effects on body composition by increasing static balance time, reducing body weight, body fat and body fat percentage and increasing the skeletal muscle mass. It is also estimated that the program can help the students with intellectual disabilities to have right gait, improve health and prevent obesity.