Training students with mental retardation to self-pace while exercising

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Deutscher übersetzter Titel:Geistigbehinderten Schuelern die Selbsteinteilung waehrend der Belastung beibringen
Autor:Ellis, David N.; Cress, Pamela J.; Spellman, Charles R.
Erschienen in:Adapted physical activity quarterly
Veröffentlicht:10 (1993), 2, S. 104-124, Lit.
Format: Literatur (SPOLIT)
Publikationstyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Medienart: Gedruckte Ressource
Sprache:Englisch
ISSN:0736-5829, 1543-2777
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Erfassungsnummer:PU199311068819
Quelle:BISp

Abstract

This report describes an effort to train adolescents and young adults with mental retardation to modify their rates of pedaling exercycles during 10-min self-paced exercise sessions an public school setting using commercially available heart rate (HR) monitors. A signal sounded when participants heart rates fell outside their predetermined cardiorespiratory conditioning ranges. During Study 1 most participants consistently avoided the alarm by pedaling at rates that maintained their HRs above their cirterion levels. Study 2 included a more intensive warm-up period on the treadmill. All subjects but one consistently responded to the signal, maintaining HRs within the criterion range. Two of the participants in Study 2 were exposed to a positive reinforcement condition, with music contingent on maintaining HRs above a present lower limit. Two subjects participated in maintenance phases and continued to exhibit relatively high HRs during exercise in the absence of signals from the HR monitor. Verf.-Referat