Actividad física y discapacidadun estudio cualitativo con mujeres en un gimnasio adaptado
- 1 Universidad de Valencia, España
ISSN: 0104-754X
Year of publication: 2017
Volume: 23
Issue: 3
Pages: 855-868
Type: Article
More publications in: Movimento: revista da Escola de Educação Física
Abstract
This study explores how a group of disabled women (n=6) experience and perceive physical activity practice in an adapted gym. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect qualitative data, and a thematic inductive analysis was carried out. Results were grouped under four emergent thematic categories: physical fitness and personal autonomy; the palliative role of exercise; psychological wellbeing; social relation and support. Participants’ satisfaction with the experience is highlighted, predominating positive appraisal of self-regulation processes, social-relational conception of physical activity, as well as the relevance of the adapted gym as an environmental and social facilitator.