Association between levels of physical activity, body composition and motor proficiency in adolescents with intellectual disability

• Grant number: 18/02677-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 01, 2018
• End date: March 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Maternal and Child Health
• Principal Investigator: Fábio Bertapelli
• Grantee: Marcos Martins de Barros Filho
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Youth with intellectual disabilities (ID) have lower levels of physical activity (PA), higher prevalence of overweight and less motor proficiency than the general population of youth without ID. Lower levels of PA are associated with overweight and motor proficiency disorders in adolescents without ID. However, the evidences supporting the association between levels of PA, body composition and motor proficiency in adolescents with ID are limited. The primary objective of this study is to examine the association between levels of PA, body composition, and motor proficiency in youth with ID. The sample will consist of 50 girls and boys aged 15-21 years with ID in Campinas City - State of São Paulo. The PA levels will be measured with an Actigraph wGT3X-BT accelerometer. Motor proficiency will be measured by the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test (BOT-2) and the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM). Body composition (% body fat, total fat mass and lean mass) will be estimated by DXA. Multilevel regression model will be used to examine the association between body composition and motor proficiency in adolescents with ID. It is expected that this study provide evidences to help prevention policies and combat the physical inactivity, obesity, and motor insufficiency in youth with ID. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BERTAPELLI, FABIO; PITETTI, KEN; MILLER, RUTH A.; JAEGER, ADAM; LOOVIS, MICHAEL; DO AMARAL-JUNIOR, WILSON D.; DE BARROS-FILHO, MARCOS M.; GUERRA-JUNIOR, GIL. Comparing Motor Competence of Sex- and Age-Matched Youth With Intellectual Disability From Brazil and the United States. ADAPTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUARTERLY, v. 37, n. 4, p. 423-440, OCT 2020. (18/02677-1, 17/13071-4, 19/07103-6, 18/02795-4)

BERTAPELLI, F.; MOTL, R.; AGIOVLASITIS, S.; AMARAL-JUNIOR, W.; BARROS-FILHO, M.; CONSTANCIO, C.; FRANCALINO, L.; ORTIZ, A.; SOARES, R.; GUERRA-JUNIOR, G.. THE 2019 BRAZILIAN NATIONAL GROWTH CHARTS FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS. JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY RESEARCH, v. 63, n. 7, p. 1-pg., 2019-07-01. (18/02795-4, 18/02677-1, 17/13071-4)

FABIO BERTAPELLI; STAMATIS AGIOVLASITIS; ROBERT W. MOTL; MARCOS M. DE BARROS-FILHO; GIL GUERRA-JUNIOR. Estimation of body fat in children with intellectual disability: development and cross-validation of a simple anthropometric method. Jornal de Pediatria, v. 98, n. 5, p. 519-525, 2022-10-24. (17/13071-4, 19/07103-6, 18/02677-1)

BERTAPELLI, FABIO; AGIOVLASITIS, STAMATIS; MOTL, ROBERT W.; SOARES, ROBERTO A.; DE BARROS-FILHO, MARCOS M.; AMARAL-JUNIOR, WILSON D.; GUERRA-JUNIOR, GIL. Development and Cross-Validation of a Prediction Equation for Estimating Percentage Body Fat From Body Mass Index in Young People With Intellectual Disability. ADAPTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUARTERLY, v. 37, n. 4, p. 481-497, OCT 2020. (18/02677-1, 17/13071-4, 19/07103-6, 18/02795-4)

BERTAPELLI, FABIO; AGIOVLASITIS, STAMATIS; MOTL, ROBERT W.; DE BARROS-FILHO, MARCOS M.; GUERRA-JUNIOR, GIL. Development And Cross-validation Of A Bmi-based Equation For Percent Fat In Children With Intellectual Disability. MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE, v. 52, n. 7, p. 1-pg., 2020-07-01. (18/02795-4, 18/02677-1, 17/13071-4, 19/07103-6)