Implementación de un programa de danza popular sobre las condiciones físicas y antropométricas en jóvenes con Síndrome de Down de 12 a 18 años de la Unidad Educativa Especial Agustín Cueva Tamariz, período junio-septiembre 2019

Abstract

Down Syndrome is a genetic condition that results from a trisomy of par 21 due to an unbalanced translocation of said pair, therefore there is no treatment for this syndrome, however there are certain measures that help improve their quality of life, allowing them to perform both physical and intellectual activities without problem. Since the importance of researching obesity and the health problems caused by lack of physical activity has been evidenced in recent years, including especially young people with Down syndrome, as they are a group of people with permanent special educational needs. For this reason, the objective of this study is to analyze the effects of the implementation of a popular dance program on the physical and anthropometric conditions of young people with Down Syndrome, at the Agustín Cueva Tamariz Special Educational Unit, in the city of Cuenca. Since the execution of a folk dance program helps these people maintain an optimal state of health, performing physical activity through movement and body expression, in this way it is a matter of reducing the levels of sedentary lifestyle and certain diseases associated with their condition. For this reason, an experimental study was carried out, where 21 children and young people, 13 men (41.9%) and 8 women (25.8%) with Down syndrome aged between 12 and 18 years were evaluated through a folk dance program, applying a pre and post program evaluation that allows knowing its anthropometric measures, resistance, strength, reaction capacity and physical condition. For the folk dance program a demonstrative teaching method was used and to obtain the body mass index (BMI), wingspan (EGD), waist circumference (CCi) and hip circumference (CCa) the method described by the World Health Organization (WHO). Therefore, the Harvard test was used as the only instrument, with the purpose of knowing the maximum aerobic capacity and the level of global physical condition of the participants. The materials to identify both the physical effects and the anthropometric variables were a height rod, tape measure, scale and a 38-centimeter bench to collect anthropometric data such as: height, weight, span, waisthip diameter and the application of the test. In this way, the data of the participants could be taken before and after the program