Abstract

SAORIN, Jesús Molina. Investigação sobre atletismo de competição para jovens com síndrome de Down. Linhas Críticas [online]. 2007, vol.13, n.25, pp.311-316. ISSN 1981-0431.

Our starting point is sports competition and, in particular, the modality of athletics, incorporating the fields of Pedagogy and Medicine as key elements to find out which parameters will contribute the most to improve the autonomy, quality of life and adaptation both social and to the labour market for people with Down Syndrome. Based on field work with youngsters with Down Syndrome that were practicing athletics competition, we can attest that sports has proved to be an excellent tool towards the autonomy and self-regulation of one’s own effort or insistence, aspects dealt with in our work. Besides, functional adaptation at the level of the cardiovascular system works just the same as in people without Down Syndrome submitted to aerobic exercise. Therefore, this turns out to be a very good contribution, from the health point of view.

Keywords : Athletics Competition; Down Syndrome; Autonomy; Quality of Life.

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