PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND DISABILITY: A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON WOMEN AT AN ADAPTED GYM
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https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-8918.68973Keywords:
Social Welfare. Personal autonomy. Facilitators. Barriers.Abstract
This study explores how a group of disabled women (n=6) experience and perceive physical activity practice in an adapted gym. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect qualitative data, and a thematic inductive analysis was carried out. Results were grouped under four emergent thematic categories: physical fitness and personal autonomy; the palliative role of exercise; psychological wellbeing; social relation and support. Participants’ satisfaction with the experience is highlighted, predominating positive appraisal of self-regulation processes, social-relational conception of physical activity, as well as the relevance of the adapted gym as an environmental and social facilitator.
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