Ariel Villagra- Doctor (PhD)
- Professor at Autonomous University of Madrid
Ariel Villagra
- Doctor (PhD)
- Professor at Autonomous University of Madrid
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Intellectual disability (ID) encompasses diverse challenges that affect daily life and health. Sedentary behaviors, prevalent in this population, contribute to alarming health concerns, notably obesity and musculoskeletal issues. This review examines the role of physical activity (PA) interventions in addressing these health challenges among childr...
The adolescent population with Down syndrome (DS) appears to show higher levels of body fat and lower levels of cardiorespiratory fitness or muscle strength than their peers without disabilities. There is a need to create physical activity programs to improve these data. The aim of this research was to determine the effects of a 16-week swimming pr...
Aims:
to determine the effect of a 20-week exergame program on different indicators of body composition and components of health-related physical fitness in adolescents with Down syndrome. Methods and Procedures Outcomes: 49 adolescents (19 female and 30 males; average age, 14.19 ± 2.06 years) with Down syndrome were recruited and randomized to tw...
Aims: To determine the effect of a 16-week fitness program (strength vs. aerobic) on different indicators of body composition and components of health-related physical fitness in youths with Down syndrome.
Methods and procedures outcomes: Fifty adolescents (19 girls and 31 boys; average age, 18.33 ± 1.42 years) with Down syndrome were recruited and...
(1) Background: Numerous studies have focused on examining the association between PA levels and health-related physical fitness components in children or adolescents without disabilities. However, research on the association between PA and health-related physical fitness in adolescents with DS (Down syndrome) is limited, and most of the previous s...
Background
The aim of this study was to examine the bidirectional longitudinal associations of several markers of fatness and physical fitness in adolescents with Down syndrome.
Methods
This study comprised a total of 111 adolescents (41 females), aged from 11 to 20 years with complete data at the baseline. We had a drop‐out of <10% from the basel...
Background:
Adolescents with Down syndrome (DS) demonstrate higher values of body composition and lower levels of physical fitness when compared with their peers with typically developing (TD) or their peers with intellectual disability but without DS.
Objective:
To examine, during a 2-year period, changes in indicators of body composition and phy...
Background: Adolescents with Down syndrome (DS) demonstrate higher values of body composition and lower levels of physical fitness when compared with their peers with typically developing (TD) or their peers with intellectual disability but without DS. Objective: To examine, during a 2-year period, changes in indicators of body composition and phys...
O objetivo do estudo foi determinar e analisar as percepções dos professores que lecionam Educação Física (EF) a alunos com deficiência nas classes inclusivas de EF e como melhorar essa inclusão ao colaborar com o fisioterapeuta. A informação foi obtida através de um questionário administrado a 56 professores, que foi completado com entrevistas com...
The purpose of this study was to determine and analyse Physical Education (PE) teachers' perceptions about inclusion of students with physical disabilities in regular PE classes and how such inclusion could be improved by the contribution of other professionals. The information was obtained through a questionnaire administered to 56 PE teachers and...
Objectives:
To study the cross-sectional and longitudinal (2-year follow-up) association between muscle fitness and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in youth; whether there are muscle fitness cut points associated with CVD risk (cross-sectional); and whether the health-related muscle fitness cut points identified at baseline are associate...
Sport is meaningful in the lives of many people, including those with Down syndrome (DS). Like any others, individuals with DS participate in sport for different reasons and, for some of them, the transition from recreational sport to intensive training and competition is a natural progression for testing personal limits and pursuing athletic dream...
Y el deporte inclusivo salió a la calle. Seguramente esa fue la mejor apuesta posible, tras dos exitosas celebraciones anteriores de la Semana del Deporte Inclusivo en 2010 y 2011, donde la actividad práctica de la Semana se desarrolló en las instalaciones deportivas del Consejo Superior de Deportes. Esta vez, quizá por la madurez del concepto mism...
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A diet quality index (DQI) is a tool that provides an overall score of an individual's dietary intake when assessing compliance with food-based dietary guidelines. A number of DQIs have emerged, albeit their associations with health-related outcomes are debated. The aim of the present study was to assess whether adherence to diet...
Objective:
To examine the association between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) at baseline and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in 6- to 10-year-olds (cross-sectional) and 2 years later (8- to 12-year-olds [longitudinal]) and whether changes with age in CRF are associated with CVD risk in children aged 8 to 12 years.
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Spanis...
Aims: The purposes of this research were to study the convergent validity of the Mode and Frequency of Commuting To and From School Questionnaire using objectively assessed steps and time spent in different physical activity intensities and to compare the self-reported versus objective journey time in Spanish youths. Methods: Three hundred and eigh...
Background:
It is a priority to understand that physical activity behaviour over time is a priority in Down syndrome population in order to design and promote succesfull interventions to maintain or increase levels of physical activity. We aimed to study 1 and 2-year changes in objectively measured physical activity among a relatively large sample...
Background: Push the manual wheelchair is one of the most important activities to the wheelchair users like individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). The excessive or bad use of the upper limb would lead to biomechanical issues and pain. Whole-body vibration applied by vibratory platform (WBV) has been showing great results increasing muscular per...
Background: individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) need upper limbs during activities of daily living that include transferring and propelling a wheelchair. A single session of Whole-body Vibration (WBV) has shown positive impact on musculoskeletal performance. Objective: To investigate the effects of one single session of WBV over the upper lim...
Whole-body vibration (WBV) has shown positive results increasing electromyographic (EMG) activity and strength in a healthy population when applied to upper and lower limbs. The aim of this study was to verify if WBV increases the EMG signal of the upper limb muscles in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). For this study, 15 patients with SCI we...
Objetivo: Identificar diferencias en los componentes de la calidad de vida relacionada con la salud (CVRS) según los niveles de aptitud cardiorrespiratoria en una muestra de adolescentes de 3 ciudades localizadas en Argentina, Brasil y Chile.
Métodos: Se aplicó el cuestionario Kidscreen-52 a 1357 adolescentes con edades entre 12-17 años (48.6% chic...
correlates of physical activity (PA) have not been explored in adolescents with Down syndrome (DS). Understanding correlates of PA could provide information to develop strategies to increase levels of PA in this target population.
the aim of this study was to identify potential correlates of PA in adolescents with DS.
information about levels of PA...
Abstract The aim of this study was to identify potential correlates of sedentary time and television (TV) viewing time in youth with Down syndrome (DS). A total of 98 adolescents with DS (63 males) aged 11-20 years old participated in this study. Total sedentary time was measured using accelerometers, while total TV viewing time and potential corre...
The objective of the present study was to find out if there are differences in terms of sex, age, or country of origin for the components of health-related quality of life (HRQL) in samples of adolescents from three cities-in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, respectively-using data collected through an internationally recognized and validated survey q...
OBJETIVO: El objetivo del presente trabajo es determinar diferencias en relación con el sexo, la edad y el país de origen, en los componentes de la calidad de vida relacionada con la salud (CVRS), en una muestra de adolescentes de tres ciudades localizadas en Argentina, Brasil y Chile, utilizando datos recogidos mediante un cuestionario validado y...
Prior studies addressing the impacts of regular physical activity or sedentary habits on the immune system have been conducted in adults and laboratory settings. Thus, it is practically unknown how a healthy active lifestyle could affect low-grade inflammation processes, infections or allergies in young persons. The AFINOS Study was designed to det...
Objectives: The physical activity (PA) levels of Spanish adolescents must be determined to assess how the lack of PA may affect the increasing prevalence of obesity. Thus, to assess PA in this age range valid measurement instruments are essential. The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity of four easily applied questionnaires (the enKid an...
The physical activity (PA) levels of Spanish adolescents must be determined to assess how the lack of PA may affect the increasing prevalence of obesity. Thus, to assess PA in this age range valid measurement instruments are essential. The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity of four easily applied questionnaires (the enKid and FITNESSGRA...
Fundamentos: Los cuestionarios son una herramienta util para valorar la actividad fisica (AF) en grandes poblaciones. El objetivo de esta investigacion fue valorar la fiabilidad y validez del cuestionario de AF PAQ-A en adolescentes espanoles utilizando como criterio de referencia la medicion de la AF por acelerometro. Metodos: En una muestra de 82...
Questionnaires are feasible instruments to assess physical activity (PA) in large samples. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the PAQ-A questionnaire in Spanish adolescents using the measurement of PA by accelerometer as criterion.
In a sample of 82 adolescents, aged 12 to 17 years, 1-week PAQ-A test-retest...
La actividad física y el deporte son, a día de hoy, un componente fundamental de la calidad de vida de las sociedades modernas. Sin embargo, no todo el mundo tiene igualdad de acceso a este derecho. Concretamente, las personas con una discapacidad tienen problemas reales de acceso y de seguimiento a una práctica de actividad físico-deportiva saluda...
En: Tándem : didáctica de la educación física Barcelona 2003, n. 11, abril-mayo-junio; p. 7-17 En este artículo se propone un análisis crítico en la innovación educativa dentro del campo de la educación física y la educación especial. Se está aprendiendo que, cuando se ha insistido en la búsqueda de multitud de intervenciones técnicas, se ha contri...
Se sabe que muchos niños y niñas con problemas en su movilidad o en sus desplazamientos han estado, desde no hace mucho tiempo, escolarizados con una plena integración social dentro de su grupo de compañeros. Los inconvenientes se han dado en aquellos cuyas disfunciones siendo también de tipo motor, no les permitían realizar lo que el resto de sus...
