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- Access to physical activity and sport is not equal. Children and young people with disabilities are less likely to engage in physical activity and sport, as there are significant barriers to their participation.
theconversation.com/the-importance-of-sport-for-children-with-disabilities-and-the-lengths-their-parents-go-to-access-it-201825The importance of sport for children with disabilities – and ...
Feb 16, 2022 · Disabled children and young people will be supported to be more physically active following the publication of new guidelines from the UK Chief Medical Officers (CMOs).
- Physical activity for general health benefits in disabled ...
However, there remains much more to do to enable disabled...
- Physical activity guidelines: disabled children and disabled ...
Infographic explaining the physical activity needed for...
- Physical activity for general health benefits in disabled ...
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword by The UK Chief Medical Officers
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results
- Research Gaps
- Summary and Next Steps
- Other Information
We would like to thank the numerous disabled children and disabled young people, parents and guardians, sport and disability organisations, and health and social care professionals who gave valuable advice throughout the work and were key in the co-production of the infographic. This includes: 1. Abbot’s Lea School (Liverpool) 2. Bishop Barrington ...
The 2019 UK Chief Medical Officers’ physical activity guidelinesset out the evidence for why moving more is beneficial to physical and mental health and wellbeing at all stages of the life course. In collaboration with academics from across the UK, the 2019 report updated the physical activity guidelines for different age groups and provided additi...
Disabled children and disabled young people are at increased risk of being typically inactive, particularly as they become older. These issues have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This public health-focused report provides a review of the scientific evidence of the health benefits from physical activity, specifically for disabled childre...
With a public health focus, this report is about physical activity for health benefits among disabled children and disabled young people (aged 2 to 17 years). It offers the first UK CMOs’ physical activity guidelines developed specifically for and with disabled children and disabled young people, using only research that includes disability. Numero...
This review is reported with reference to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses. Endnote software (Clarivate Analytics, UK) was used to facilitate management of the review process. A rapid evidence review methodology was used to provide a systematic, yet feasible, search strategy to assess available evidence sources...
Study characteristics
Among the 176 included records were: 1. 71 randomised controlled studies 2. 77 uncontrolled studies; 31 studies with follow-up periods (4 to 36 weeks) 3. 9 studies that presented post-intervention data only This review examined the health outcomes from physical activity for disabled children and disabled young people with physical disabilities (79 studies), intellectual and learning disabilities (79 studies), sensory impairments (9 studies) and mixed disabilities (9 studies). Studies in this...
Results of syntheses
The evidence used in this report is summarised in Appendix 7. This includes results from individual studies.
Historically, research about physical activity and disabled children and disabled young people has been not been prioritised in terms of research focus or funding. There are also well documented issues around researchers failing to include certain groups of people in research trials, especially from smaller subpopulations such as those included in ...
This rapid review provided a detailed overview of the existing evidence-base on health benefits from physical activity for disabled children and disabled young people (aged 2 to 17 years). There is evidence to suggest a likely positive relationship between physical activity and broad health outcomes. Based on the available evidence, and aligned wit...
Support
This project was funded by the UK Department of Health and Social Care. Additional financial support for project delivery was provided by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Impact Acceleration Account (Durham University). Non-financial support was provided by Durham University Library, the Expert Group, and learned colleagues.
Competing interests
Lydia Bone works for Disability Rights UK.
Availability of data
All studies included in this review are published and available in the public domain.
Feb 16, 2022 · Infographic explaining the physical activity needed for general health benefits for disabled children and disabled young people.
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UK Chief Medical Officers’ Physical Activity Guidelines for Disabled Children and Disabled Young People 2022. This infographic was co-produced with disabled children, disabled young people,...
Feb 16, 2022 · The new guidelines recommend disabled children and young people: Undertake 120 to 180 minutes of aerobic physical activity weekly at a moderate-to-vigorous intensity. This can be achieved in different ways (for example, 20 minutes per day or 40 minutes 3 times per week) through activities such as walking or cycling.
There are lots of ways to keep disabled children and young people active – start off by choosing activities your child is interested in and adapt them.
Feb 28, 2022 · Disabled children and young people will be supported to be more physically active following the publication of new guidelines from the UK Chief Medical Officers (CMOs).
