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Increasing Exercise Intensity: Teaching High-Intensity Interval Training to Individuals with Developmental Disabilities Using a Lottery Reinforcement System
- Source :
- Behav Anal Pract
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020.
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Abstract
- Rates of overweight and obesity are above 70% in typically developing adults in the United States, with higher rates observed in individuals diagnosed with developmental disability (DD). Lottery reinforcement systems have been validated as effective exercise interventions for individuals with DD. Although high-intensity interval training (HIIT) has demonstrated health benefits, it has not been studied using individuals within this population. The purpose of this study was to implement a lottery reinforcement system to systematically increase heart rate (HR) during 30-min HIIT sessions with 3 adults with DD. Results demonstrated increases in HR from below to within the prescribed range in all 3 participants. For 1 participant, weight decreased by 10.8 pounds during the 9-week program. Implications include that lottery systems increase exercise intensity with adults with DD, that HR during exercise can be reliably controlled using a lottery system, and that similar programs may result in health benefits.
- Subjects :
- 050103 clinical psychology
education.field_of_study
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
05 social sciences
Population
General Medicine
Overweight
medicine.disease
Obesity
Interval training
Lottery
Heart rate
Physical therapy
Exercise intensity
Medicine
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
medicine.symptom
business
education
High-intensity interval training
Research Article
050104 developmental & child psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 21968934 and 19981929
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Behavior Analysis in Practice
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9c2ef03fe9c9e56027ee7b4e7101f608