Goalball as an effective means of physical improvement for blind and visually impaired players
Journal Title: Medycyna Ogólna i Nauki o Zdrowiu - Year 2015, Vol 21, Issue 4
Abstract
The study was performed between 2002–2006 among players aged 16–18 practicing goalball in order to investigate the beneficial effects of the game on physical fitness, spatial orientation and sound localization in people with visual impairment. Substantial progress in physical fitness of all motor skills in goalball players was confirmed. Tests for visual orientation and sound localization also demonstrated significant improvement in the time needed to perform the given trial. Goalball is worthy of becoming widespread as it produces evident personal and social benefits. The great attraction of sport games practiced by disabled persons became the impulse for searching for a physical game available for blind and visually impaired people. The bells embedded in the rubber ball made this possible and created a new concept of the game and has made it popular worldwide.
Authors and Affiliations
Józef Krzak, Marzena Ślężyńska, Jan Ślężyński
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP79494
- DOI 10.5604/20834543.1186910
- Views 185
- Downloads 0
Level of life satisfaction among perimenopausal women according to selected socio-demographic characteristics
Introduction. The term ‘life satisfaction’ is closely related with the concept of the quality of life. Life satisfaction is considered as a category which is useful in empirical studies in medicine.Objective. The objecti...
Model of night flights performed by helicopters of the Polish Medical Air Rescue
Medical aviation in Poland has a glorious history dating back to the interwar period. The entire history of aviation should be distinguished by two periods: before the war, when medical aviation functioned within militar...
Promocja marketingowa usług medycznych świadczonych przez lekarzy – analiza możliwości i ograniczeń
[b]Wprowadzenie[/b]. Mechanizmy rynkowe, w szczególności ciągły wzrost konkurencji na rynku, a także nieustannie rosnąca świadomość konsumencka doprowadziły do szybkiej adaptacji narzędzi promocji do specyfiki rynku usłu...
Listeriosis – a littleknown, dangerous, contagious disease
Listeriosis is an acute or latent contagious disease in humans and over 50 animal species. The etiologic factor is Listeria monocytogenes – aerobic (facultatively anaerobic) a Gram-positive, catalase-positive and oxidas...
Genetic counselling in the context of cancerous disease – patients’ preferences concerning the way of presenting the size of morbidity risk
Genetic tests, specifying predisposals for cancerous disease, are increasingly more frequently applied as a prognostic factor of development of a cancerous disease. However, the result of the test specifies only the siz...