Sport and physical activity for preadolescents /adolescents with disability: a systematic review

Abstract

Sport and physical activity in general, are important factors in promoting health for all subjects in developmental age; they play an even more decisive role for pupils with disabilities. The study aims to investigate issues regarding the participation of people with disabilities, in the period of pre-adolescence and adolescence, in school and extracurricular sports activities, comparing the declared activity with the recommendations issued in 2010 by the World Health Organization (WHO); it recommends that children and youth spend a minimum of 60 min each day in moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity. The studies analyzed have examined both the elements that act as barriers to active involvement, and the predisposing or facilitating factors, which operate in the sense of encouraging participation in activities, living the movement in an inclusive perspective.