EFFECT OF SWIMMING TRAINING ON SELECTED PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF CEREBRAL PALSY CHILDREN
Keywords:
Swimming Training, Physiological Parameter, Cerebral Palsy ChildrenAbstract
For the study on the effect of 6 weeks swimming training on selected physiological variables of cerebral palsy children .Seven subjects between 9 to 18 years of age were selected from Amar Jyoti School and Roshini Rehabilitation centre, Gwalior for the study. The training programme was scheduled for five days a week with each session of one hour duration. The instruments i.e. Dry spirometer, Peakflow Meter and Sphygmomenometer were used to measure the Vital Capacity, Peak Flow Rate, Resting Heart Rate, Resting Respiratory Rate. The subjects were pre and post tested on selected variables. The Paired ‘t’ test was used to compute the effectiveness of the programme. The level of significance was set at .0.5.
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