Kwon Hyunjin, Maeng Hyokju, Chung Jinwook
Department of Sport Culture, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Korea.
Department of Kinesiology and Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30093, USA.
J Clin Med. 2022 Oct 5;11(19):5890. doi: 10.3390/jcm11195890.
The purpose of this study was to develop an information and communications technology (ICT)-based exergame for children with developmental disabilities (DD) and to examine its impacts on physical fitness and fundamental motor skills (FMS). The ICT-based exergame consisted of visual and auditory demonstrations of diverse locomotor movement and object manipulation activities by the virtual characters. A total of 52 children with DD participated in the present study. The participants were divided into twenty-seven children in the experimental group and 25 children with DD in the control group. The experimental group participants engaged in the exergame program for 12 weeks. All participants’ muscle strength (i.e., standing long jump) and four fundamental motor skills, such as the horizontal jump, hop, overhand throw, and dribble, were assessed during the pre- and post-test process. There were significant impacts on physical fitness and FMS (p < 0.001) between the groups. Specifically, the results of three FMS (hop, overhand throw, and dribble) and standing long jump significantly improved in children with DD except for the horizontal jump skill. The results of this study is evidence that the ICT-based exergame program for children with DD may be utilized to improve physical fitness and FMS in children with DD.
本研究的目的是为发育障碍（DD）儿童开发一款基于信息通信技术（ICT）的运动游戏，并检验其对身体素质和基本运动技能（FMS）的影响。基于ICT的运动游戏包含虚拟角色进行的各种移动动作和物体操控活动的视觉和听觉演示。共有52名发育障碍儿童参与了本研究。参与者被分为实验组的27名儿童和对照组的25名发育障碍儿童。实验组参与者参与了为期12周的运动游戏项目。在测试前和测试后过程中，对所有参与者的肌肉力量（即立定跳远）以及四项基本运动技能，如纵跳、单脚跳、过头投掷和运球进行了评估。两组之间在身体素质和基本运动技能方面存在显著影响（p < 0.001）。具体而言，除了纵跳技能外，发育障碍儿童的三项基本运动技能（单脚跳、过头投掷和运球）以及立定跳远的结果有显著改善。本研究结果证明，为发育障碍儿童设计的基于ICT的运动游戏项目可用于改善发育障碍儿童的身体素质和基本运动技能。
