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- Miguel Jacinto
(Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, University of Coimbra, 3004-531 Coimbra, Portugal
Life Quality Research Centre (CIEQV), 2040-413 Leiria, Portugal)
- Rui Matos
(Life Quality Research Centre (CIEQV), 2040-413 Leiria, Portugal
ESECS—Polytechnic of Leiria, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal)
- Inês Alves
(ANDO Portugal—National Association of Skeletal Dysplasias, 7005-144 Évora, Portugal
Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC), Health and Sport Department, School of Health and Human Development, Évora University, Largo dos Colegiais, 7004-516 Évora, Portugal)
- Carolina Lemos
(ANDO Portugal—National Association of Skeletal Dysplasias, 7005-144 Évora, Portugal
UnIGENe, IBMC—Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, i3S—Institute for Research and Innovation in Health, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
ICBAS—Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da Universidade do Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal)
- Diogo Monteiro
(Life Quality Research Centre (CIEQV), 2040-413 Leiria, Portugal
ESECS—Polytechnic of Leiria, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal
Research Center in Sport Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD), 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal)
- Pedro Morouço
(ESECS—Polytechnic of Leiria, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal
Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), Polytechnic of Leiria, 2410-541 Leiria, Portugal)
- Raul Antunes
(Life Quality Research Centre (CIEQV), 2040-413 Leiria, Portugal
ESECS—Polytechnic of Leiria, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal
Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), Polytechnic of Leiria, 2410-541 Leiria, Portugal)
Abstract
There is a lack of knowledge about the practice of physical activity, exercise, and sports in people with skeletal dysplasia (SD). This study aimed to characterize the physical fitness of people with SD; investigate the benefits of physical activity, exercise, or sports programs for people with SD; identify the adapted physical activities that can be prescribed to individuals with SD; and identify the most common and effective structural characteristics and guidelines for the evaluation of individuals with SD and corresponding activity prescriptions. Electronic searches were carried out in the PubMed, Scopus, SPORTDiscus, Psycinfo, and Web of Science databases in October 2021 and March 2022 and included papers published until 3 March 2022. The search strategy terms used were “dwarfism”, “dwarf”, “skeletal dysplasia”, “achondroplasia”, “pseudoachondroplasia”, “hypochondroplasia”, “campomelic dysplasia”, “hair cartilage hypoplasia”, “x-linked hypophosphatemia”, “metaphyseal chondrodysplasia schmid type”, “multiple epiphyseal dysplasia”, “three M syndrome”, “3-M syndrome”, “hypophosphatasia”, “fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive”, “type II collagen disorders”, “type II collagenopathies”, “type II collagenopathy”, “physical activity”, “exercise”, “sport”, “training”, and “physical fitness”, with the Boolean operators “AND” or “OR”. After reading the full texts of the studies, and according to previously defined eligibility criteria, fifteen studies met the inclusion criteria; however, there was not a single intervention study with physical exercise. Several cross-sectional, review, or qualitative studies presented a set of essential aspects that future intervention studies can consider when evaluating, prescribing, and implementing physical exercise programs, as they allowed the physical characterization of the SD population. This study demonstrated an apparent scarcity in the literature of experimental studies with physical exercise implementation in the SD population.
Suggested Citation
Miguel Jacinto & Rui Matos & Inês Alves & Carolina Lemos & Diogo Monteiro & Pedro Morouço & Raul Antunes, 2022.
"Physical Activity, Exercise, and Sports in Individuals with Skeletal Dysplasia: What Is Known about Their Benefits?,"
Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(8), pages 1-16, April.
Handle:
RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:8:p:4487-:d:790423
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