Assessment of Physical Fitness Status - Muscular Strength and Visual Impairment

The prevalent unsatisfactory performance, particularly in physical fitness activities by students with visual impairments in special schools, spearheaded the renaissance of interest in this area, but with the urge asses the physical fitness of such students flexibility, muscular endurance, body coordination, body balance were found to have finding which indicated significant difference among visually impaired; while those on muscular strength, and cardio-respiratory endurance did not have significant difference among visually impaired. The book assessed three groups of students based on their possession of low vision, functional blindness and total blindness.

About the author

Josephine Dasel Nanjwan was born May 1969 in Takkas, Plateau, Nigeria. She received her primary and secondary education in Pankshin & Keffi. She has an OND, B.Ed & M.Ed in Special Education from University of Jos, & Ph.D from University of Calabar. She is a senior lecturer in University of Calabar. She is a Christian; married with 4 children.

Product details

• Authors: Josephine Nanjwan
• Publisher: Scholar's Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9783639714180
• ISBN: 978-3-639-71418-0
• No. of pages: 164
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 220 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 234 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous