Health-related fitness of youths with visual impairments

Lauren J. Lieberman; Heidi Byrne; Craig O. Mattern; Celia A. Watt; Margarita Fernández-Vivó

doi:10.1177/0145482x1010400605

Health-related fitness of youths with visual impairments

Lauren J. Lieberman
, Heidi Byrne
, Craig O. Mattern
, Celia A. Watt
, Margarita Fernández-Vivó

Kinesiology, Sport Studies & P E

SUNY Brockport

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Abstract

This study analyzed the passing rates on five health-related fitness items on the Brockport Physical Fitness Test of youths aged 10-17 with visual impairments. It found that the youths had low passing rates on upper-body strength, cardiovascular endurance, and body composition.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	349-359
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness
Volume	104
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0145482x1010400605
State	Published - Jun 2010

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