Is Physical Activity Associated With Physical Performance in Adults With Intellectual Disability?

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Jian Xu Mississippi State University

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1123/apaq.2019-0128
Keywords:
age; moderate physical activity; sedentary behavior; short physical performance battery
First Published Online:
16 Jun 2020
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Volume 37: Issue 3
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289–303
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Physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior may contribute to physical function in adults with intellectual disability (ID). This study examined whether objectively measured PA and sedentary behavior levels are associated with physical performance in adults with ID. Fifty-eight adults with ID (29 women and 29 men, age 44 ± 14 years) underwent a measurement of physical performance with the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) and PA and sedentary time using a hip-worn accelerometer (wGT3X-BT; ActiGraph, Pensacola, FL). Moderate PA and age were significantly associated with the SPPB score (r = .39 and .34, respectively; p < .01). A hierarchical-regression model with moderate PA and age as independent variables indicated that moderate PA was a significant predictor of SPPB (p < .001; R2 = .153), but age was not (p = .123; R2 change = .036). Overall, moderate PA was significantly associated with the SPPB score, even after accounting for age, in adults with ID.

Xu, Choi, and Agiovlasitis are with Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA. Motl is with the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.

Agiovlasitis (sagiovlasitis@colled.msstate.edu) is corresponding author.
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