Effects of exercise training on obesity-related parameters in people with intellectual disabilities: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Efforts to synthesise existing knowledge concerning the effects of exercise interventions on obesity (i.e. changes in body weight and composition) have been made, but scientific evidence in this matter is still limited. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to identify and critically analyse the best available evidence regarding the use of physical exercise as a strategy to attenuate obesity through its effects on adiposity-related anthropometric parameters in people with intellectual disability (ID).

Methods

Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, a literature search was performed using PubMed, Scopus, SPORTDiscus, CINAHL and the Cochrane Library through specific keywords up to July 2020. The search adh

SUBMITTER: Salse-Batan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9314046 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature