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| Article Name : | | | AN INVESTIGAION ON THE EFFECT OF DYNAMIC EXERCISE ON PHYSICAL TRAITS OF MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN | | Author Name : | | | M. I. Qurashi , Jeetendra Asati | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | ISRJ-349 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile | | Abstract : | | | Background: Mental retardation is a construct with many interpretations. In some periods of history, mental retardation has been referred to as a disease. In other periods it has been thought of as a disability. Often mental retardation has been represented as social deviance. Most modern professionals in the United States adopt the definition published in 1992 by the American Association for Mental Retardation (AAMR). This definition describes mental retardation as neither a disease nor a disability but a functional state with limitations in both intelligence and adaptive skills.
Method: To conduct the study 25 mentally retarded boys (Ave. Age15-20) from raj kamal special school, Indore Madhya Pradesh was selected as sample. The selection of these subjects was based on Binet Stanford I.Q. test. All the selected subjects had IQ scores range between 70-79 which indicate borderline deficiency. 25 mentally retarded boys was serve as subject for this study. | | Keywords : | | - dyanamic exercise
- mentally retarded childrens
- balance
- flexibility
- coordination and reaction time
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