A1 Journal article (refereed)
Toimintarajoitteita kokevien nuorten liikunta- ja urheiluseura-aktiivisuus sekä istumisen määrä (2018)

Ng, K., Rintala, P., Saari, A., Leppä, N., & Kokko, S. (2018). Toimintarajoitteita kokevien nuorten liikunta- ja urheiluseura-aktiivisuus sekä istumisen määrä. Liikunta ja tiede, 55(6), 103-110. https://www.lts.fi/media/lts_vertaisarvioidut_tutkimusartikkelit/2018/lt_6-18_tutkimusartikkelit_103-110_lowres.pdf

JYU authors or editors

Publication details

All authors or editors: Ng, Kwok; Rintala, Pauli; Saari, Aija; Leppä, Niko; Kokko, Sami

Journal or series: Liikunta ja tiede

ISSN: 0358-7010

Publication year: 2018

Volume: 55

Issue number: 6

Pages range: 103-110

Publisher: Liikuntatieteellinen seura

Publication country: Finland

Publication language: Finnish

Persistent website address: https://www.lts.fi/media/lts_vertaisarvioidut_tutkimusartikkelit/2018/lt_6-18_tutkimusartikkelit_103-110_lowres.pdf

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/62459

Abstract

Often people with disabilities are referred to as a heterogeneous group of people, with the same ability to function. Rather than use the term ‘disability’, it would be best to use terms that describe functional limitations, because functions can restrict performance in physical activity tasks. Many studies or statistics that measure physical activity do not distinguish various types of functional limitations, such as visual, hearing or moving impairments. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore differences in physical activity, sports club membership, and sitting time in adolescents with and without disabilities through the Finnish School-aged Physical Activity (SPA) study (in Finnish LIITU). All adolescents aged between 11–15 years old (n=4724) were asked to report levels of functional difficulties as indicators of disability and their physical in/activity behaviours during the spring of 2016. About 15 % of adolescents had one kind of functional limitation that affects their daily activities. More specifically adolescents with moving difficulties reported significantly less days of moderate to vigorous physical activities, fewer were sports club members, and sat for more hours during the weekend than adolescents without disabilities. Moreover, boys with moving difficulties clearly fell behind their peers with other functional limitations when examining their moderate to vigorous physical activities. More effort is needed to create accessible services and space needed to allow everybody to be active within their own capabilities, and to participate in physical activities, join sports clubs, and spend less time sitting.

Keywords: young people; disabled people; ability to move; disabilities; sitting; physical activity; physical hobbies; health promotion; sports clubs; inclusion; adapted physical activity; physical education (upbringing)

Free keywords: liikunta-aktiivisuus; LIITU-tutkimus

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Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2018

JUFO rating: 1