Nivel de actividad física y situación socioeconómica relacionados con la resistencia aeróbica y porcentaje de grasa corporal en un grupo de jóvenes con discapacidad intelectual de un colegio distrital de Bogotá

Abstract

This research work was developed with a population of 30 students in intellectual disability, students of the Las Americas School District Educational Institution of the city of Bogotá, aged 10 to 16 years, 10 female subjects and 20 of masculine gender. This is a correlational type study and aims to establish the possible relationships between the level of physical activity, income, aerobic resistance and the percentage of fat as an indirect cardiovascular risk factor in this type of population. For the evaluation of the variable of physical condition aerobic capacity, the Brockport battery is used with the PACER test 16 meters, the percentage of body fat is measured by impedance analysis and the qualitative variables of the study are determined by applying the STEPS survey for the level of income and the SOPLAY for the level of physical activity. The results show a significant negative correlation between socioeconomic status and body fat percentage, positive significant correlation between physical activity level and percentage of body fat and negative association with the level of physical activity. Finally, it is identified that there is an inverse relationship between vo2max and gender, as well as between gender and level of physical activity where men show better levels of aerobic capacity and levels of vigorous physical activity.