Educational metamorphosis of physical activity for people with Down syndrome

Abstract

People with Down syndrome are prone to develop chronic noncommunicable diseases due to high degrees of sedentary lifestyle. The Colombian educational system after 14 years ignores them. In the municipality of Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia, they are excluded from physical education classes. The Foundation for Down Syndrome (FUNDISDOWN) is responsible for carrying out daily activities that have a low component of physical activity. The objective of this study is to develop an educational system of water and land physical activity that transforms the physical condition of these young people. The methods modeling, system approach, triangulation of information and content analysis in conjunction with the Eurofit Battery, allowed to analyze the current state of physical condition and develop the system. Descriptive inferential statistics was used with the SPSS 24.0 software for the analysis of the results. The intentional sample was of 30 young people with Down syndrome of both sexes. The diagnosis of the current situation of the physical condition has deficient values. The educational system of physical activity is created as an alternative solution to the deficiencies found. Contributions are made from the educational theory of physical activity to work with these young people, the current state of physical condition is defined and an educational system is strengthened as a result of the diagnosis that is validated from its feasibility, applicability and practical potential where after from a three-month application some physical and educational indicators will be improved.