Volume : III, Issue : VIII, August - 2014

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This study investigates the knowledge, attitude and practice towards physical activities among undergraduate students with and without disabilities. Physical activities means organized and selected body movement produced by contraction of skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure which is low, moderate or high intensity that aims at improving physical fitness of an individual. The investigations were carried out in University of Nigeria, Nsukka Campus.Descriptive survey research design was used and the population for the study consists of all the regular undergraduate students of University of Nigeria, Nsukka, campus totaling about 35,600 students as at 2012/2013 academic session. A sample of 320 students was used and multi–stage sampling techniques was adopted to select the sample.The instrument used for data collection was questionnaire administered to students with and without disabilities in selected departments in NuskkaCampus.The statistical tools used for the analysis were frequency, percentage and mean. From the findings of the study, the students had high knowledge on physical activities, meaning, they had positive attitude towards physical activities participation and their  practice of physical activities was very high. The study recommended that physical activities should be incorporated into school programme to be practiced once in every week. The study ends with some suggestions for further research which includes the motives and barriers to physical activities participation among undergraduates and health implications of body inactivity on undergraduates of UNN.

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, PARIPEX-INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-2 | Issue-3 | March-2013

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