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Assessment of Physical Fitness Performance Among Students with Cerebral Palsy on Selected Fitness Components

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Physical fitness and participation in sports are important to the students with cerebral palsy (CP). Persons with disabilities who lack of physical fitness can affect their overall performance. The objective of the study was to assess on physical fitness performance among students with CP based on the selected fitness components. Total of 25 students (male = 11; female = 14) were randomly selected range from classification classes of C2–C7. The sample of the study consists of 48 % Malay, 28 % Chinese, and 24 % Indian. The mean age of the subjects is 23.32 ± 2.07 years old (age range from 10 to 46 years old). Majority of the subjects are in the class C4 (16 %), followed by class C5 (36 %), from class C4 (16 %), from class C2 (8 %), and from class C3 (4 %). All the subjects were assessed through physical fitness tests such as sit-and-reach test, handgrip strength test, dumbbell press test, and arm ergometry (total pedal revolution, calorie, and time). All the data were analyzed using SPSS and presented as mean. The mean value for sit-and-reach test is 26.10 ± 1.65, while the mean value for handgrip strength test is 12.20 ± 1.25. The mean value for dumbbell press test is 27.76 ± 5.68, followed by arm ergometry; the total pedal revolution (170.80 ± 31.24), calorie (5.52 ± 0.98), and time (4.78 ± 0.67). The physical fitness overall was in satisfactory level, and the subjects tried their best to achieve the highest fitness status. Physical fitness should be conducted for students with disabilities so that it can help their activity of daily living (ADL) and enjoy their quality of life.

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The authors wish to acknowledge the Research Management Institute (RMI), Universiti Teknologi MARA, to provide research project grant 600-RMI/DANA 5/3/RIF (774/2012) for the presentation and the publication.

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    Nagoor Meera Abdullah, Wahidah Tumijan, Vincent Parnabas, Mazlan Ismail, Mohamad Nizam Mohamad Shapie, Muhammad Zulqarnain Mohd Nasir & Norlizah Abdul Hamid

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Abdullah, N.M. et al. (2014). Assessment of Physical Fitness Performance Among Students with Cerebral Palsy on Selected Fitness Components. In: Adnan, R., Ismail, S., Sulaiman, N. (eds) Proceedings of the International Colloquium on Sports Science, Exercise, Engineering and Technology 2014 (ICoSSEET 2014). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-107-7_52

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