Investigation of the Relationship Between Agility and Balance in Trainable Mentally Disabled Athletes Whose Ages Ranging from 8 to 14 (original) (raw)

The aim of this study is to find out the relationship between agility and balance in trainable mentally disabled athletes. Methods.In this study, a group of 15 mentally retarded men that are studying in private educational institutions and doing sports was selected as the experimental group. Their ages range from 8 to 14. It is composed of male athletes with intellectual disabilities whose mean of age is 10.80 ± 2.14 years, average of body weight 48.06 ± 4.74 kg, mean of the length size 154,73±5,10 cm. Agility and balance tests were administered to the experimental group. The data were evaluated in SPSS 22 statistical program by means of Correlation Analysis. As a result of statistical analysis; positive significant relationship was found between age and weight parameters (r=83,7, p< 0.001), between age and height parameters (r = 88.2, p <0.001). There is a significant positive relationship between height and weight parameters (r=93,9, p< 0.001). It is seen that there is a ...