Intellectual disability, exercise and aging: the IDEA study: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

• Main Authors: Guillermo R. Oviedo (Author), Casimiro Javierre (Author), Manel Font-Farré (Author), Nauris Tamulevicius (Author), María Carbó-Carreté (Author), Arturo Figueroa (Author), Susana Pérez-Testor (Author), Josep Cabedo-Sanromá (Author), Sarah J. Moss (Author), Núria Massó-Ortigosa (Author), Myriam Guerra-Balic (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background People with intellectual disabilities (ID) have low levels of physical activity (PA) together with accelerated aging profiles. Adherence to PA interventions for persons with ID is low based on barriers such as motivation. The IDEA study aims to determine the effect of two types o...