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Judo for intellectual disability project

Longitudinal study of the effects of a sports program based on judo for adolescents with intellectual disabilities

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN11468395
Enrollment
180
Registered
2024-07-04
Start date
2024-02-06
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-03-24

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Conditions

Adolescents with intellectual disabilities Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

Participation in a judo-based sports program for 2 days per week during a school year The design of the study is a simple crossover, quasi-experimental with random groups and non-probabilistic conven

Sponsors

Ramon Llull University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Adolescents (of both sexes) between 14 and 22 years old 2. A degree of severity of ID between light and moderate according to the support intensity scale for children and adolescents (SIS-C) by Verdugo et al. (2014), making it clear that it is adaptive behavior and not IQ that will determine inclusion in the program

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Presenting a severity of ID greater than mild and moderate according to the SIS-Cl scale 2. Being less than 14 years old or more than 22 years old 3. Being incapable of performing any of the tests 4. Being incapable of carrying out moderate-vigorous physical activity 5. Not committing to participate actively and regularly in the training sessions of the experimental groups 6. For the members of the group control, who participate in some extracurricular activity based on sports or physical activity

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Physical fitness evaluated with the ALPHA-FITNESS battery 2. Quality of life in adolescents evaluated with the KIDSLIFE scale 3. Nutritional habits evaluated using the KIDMED questionnaire. An app will be created to monitor and record the consumption of healthy foods, in which they can compare and encourage themselves with the rest of the participants. 4. Satisfaction with the program evaluated using the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES) All evaluations will be carried out at the beginning and end of the intervention

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
A secondary measure that is evaluated is the comparison of the results according to the group, since the participants will be carried out in two modalities: an isolated group (where all participants have ID) and an inclusive group (where the group is made up of adolescents. with and without ID). All evaluations will be carried out at the beginning and end of the intervention.

Countries

Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland

Contacts

Public ContactJose Morales
josema@blanquerna.url.edu+34 (0)93 253 30 00

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026