期刊名称：Ovidius University Annals, Series Physical Education and Sport/Science, Movement and Health
印刷版ISSN：1224-7359
出版年度：2016
卷号：16
期号：2
页码：468-476
语种：English
出版社：Ovidius University Press
摘要：Aim.According to the reports of World Health Organization (2014),at a global level it would be 285 million people with visual impairments,of whom 246 million have been diagnosed with amblyopia and the remaining 39 million are suffering from visual blindness.The latter ones,in a percentage of 82%,are aged 50 years or more.The purpose of the study consists in assessing the coordination level of children with visual blindness.For this,we shall apply a number of tests through which we aim to identify the response (progression/regression) to movement therapy under the form of physical exercises with hand apparatus.The study objectives are the following: improvement of coordination capacity in children with visual blindness;making up the group of subjects;selection and adjustment of the tests for assessing coordination capacity;establishing the hand apparatus specific to rhythmic gymnastics,used to compose programmes for the development of coordination capacity;execution of the required actions by the children with visual impairments,using hand apparatus;collection,processing and interpretation of the data obtained from studying the group of children with visual blindness.Methods.The research methods used in developing this study are represented by: bibliographical study method,case study method,observation and graphical method.To identify the coordination level of children with visual blindness,we assessed: eye-hand ability,static balance,spatial and temporal orientation ability.Results.The study results highlight an improvement of the coordination capacity level in children with visual blindness.Conclusions.These confirm that the application of means specific to rhythmic gymnastics,mainly exercises with hand apparatus,has led to improved coordination for the research subjects.This has the effect of increasing autonomy during the interaction with the surrounding environment for carrying out everyday activities: domestic,professional and leisure time ones.
