Volume : VI, Issue : VI, June - 2017

EFFECT OF PLAY THERAPY AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON SELECTED PHYSIOLOGICAL VARIABLES AND MOTOR PROFICIENCY OF DIFFERENTLY ABLED CHILDREN

Dr. Suresh Kutty K, Tom Thomas

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 The purpose of the study was to analyze the effect of play therapy and recreational activities on selected physiological variables and motor proficiency of differently abled children. Forty boys (N= 40) of age group 14 to 28 years were selected from Ashrayam special school Thottada, Kannur, Kerala. The subjects were equally divided (n=20) into an experimental group and control group. The experimental group underwent eight weeks of play therapy and recreational activities training programme on alternate days of a week on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The dependent variables for the study were physiological variables namely pulse rate, blood pressure, BMI  and motor proficiency variables namely, running speed and agility, balance, bilateral coordination, upper limb coordination and response speed. The independent variables selected for the study were play therapy and recreational activities training programme. The dependent variables selected were tested prior to and after the training programme for both the groups using Bruininks Oseretsky test of motor proficiency. After the data collection the data were statistically examined by applying descriptive statistics, paired‘t’ test and analysis of covariance. The data was analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). The level of significance was fixed at 0.05 level. On the basis of the findings of the study the Recreational Training programme had improved the selected variables of systolic blood pressure, body mass index, upper limb coordination, Motor proficiency variables– balance (Heel to toe walking), and bilateral coordination

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Dr. Suresh Kutty K, Tom Thomas, EFFECT OF PLAY THERAPY AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON SELECTED PHYSIOLOGICAL VARIABLES AND MOTOR PROFICIENCY OF DIFFERENTLY ABLED CHILDREN, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : VOLUME-6 | ISSUE-6 | JUNE-2017

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