Investigation of the Effect of Short-Term Karate Training on Walking Ability in Visually Impaired Children

Year 2024, , 445 - 451, 25.03.2024

Ceren Suveren Erdoğan , Yasin Arslan

https://doi.org/10.33438/ijdshs.1430001

Cited By: 1

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of 6-week karate training on walking skills, a locomotor skill, in visually impaired individuals aged 10-14. A total of 20 visually impaired individuals participated in the study. Ten participants were included in the karate group (5 boys, five girls) and 10 in the control group (6 boys, four girls). The karate group received karate training in addition to physical education classes one day a week for six weeks, while the control group only attended physical education classes and continued their daily lives. The study was collected with measurements made before and after the 6-week training. To evaluate the walking skills of the visually impaired individuals, a 10-meter walking test was performed on a walking line that could be felt on the soles of the feet, and the participants' 10-meter walking time, step length, and step number values were recorded. Before the measurements, the participants' parents were informed, and a consent form was obtained. SigmaPlot 11.0 program was used for data analysis. In the pre-and post-test comparisons, the Paired t-test was used for normally distributed data, and the Wilcoxon test was used for non-normally distributed data. A t-test was used for normally distributed data in comparing two independent groups, and the Mann Whitney-U Test was used for non-normally distributed data. According to the findings, there was no statistically significant difference between the 10 m walking pre-test results of the karate and control groups with and without glasses. When the post-test values were analyzed, a statistically significant difference (p<0.005) was found in all parameters of the karate group except the stride length parameter.
In contrast, no significant difference was found in the control group. In intra-group comparisons, while there was no significance in the pre-post test values of the control group, a statistically significant (p<0.005) difference was found in all parameters of the karate group. In the inter-group comparison, there was no significance between the pre-test values, but when the post-test values of the two groups were compared, a significant (p<0.005) difference was found only in the step count variable.
As a result, short-term karate training positively affects the walking skills of visually impaired individuals aged 10-14 years.

Keywords

Visually impaired, karate, physical fitness

Investigation of the Effect of Short-Term Karate Training on Walking Ability in Visually Impaired Children

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the effect of 6-week karate training on walking skills, a locomotor skill, in visually impaired individuals aged 10-14 years. A total of 20 visually impaired individuals participated in the study. To evaluate the walking skills of the visually impaired individuals, a 10-meter walking test was performed on a walking line that could be felt on the soles of the feet, and the participants' 10-meter walking time, step length, and step number values were recorded. SigmaPlot 11.0 program was used for data analysis. In the pre-and post-test comparisons, the Paired t-test was used for normally distributed data, and the Wilcoxon test was used for non-normally distributed data. In the comparison of two independent groups, a t-test was used for normally distributed data, and the Mann Whitney-U Test was used for non-normally distributed data. According to the findings, there was no statistically significant difference between the 10-meter walking pre-test results of the karate and control groups with and without glasses. When the post-test values were analyzed, a statistically significant difference (p<0.05) was found in all parameters of the karate group except the stride length parameter. In intra-group comparisons, while there was no significance in the pre-post test values of the control group, a statistically significant (p<0.05) difference was found in all parameters of the karate group. As a result, short-term karate training has a positive effect on the walking skills of visually impaired individuals aged 10-14 years.

Keywords

visually impaired, karate, physical fitness

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