Influence of physical activity on health and quality of life in people with visual sensory deficiency

  • Francisco Reyes Laredo Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Cell Biology. Andalusian Center for Development Biology (CSIC-JA). Pablo de Olavide University. Seville. Spain. Department of Sports and Computer Science. Pablo de Olavide University. Seville. Spain.
  • Elisabeth Rodríguez Bíes Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Cell Biology. Andalusian Center for Development Biology (CSIC-JA). Pablo de Olavide University. Seville. Spain. Department of Sports and Computer Science. Pablo de Olavide University. Seville. Spain.
  • Guillermo López-Lluch Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Cell Biology. Andalusian Center for Development Biology (CSIC-JA). Pablo de Olavide University. Seville. Spain.
Keywords: Calidad de Vida, Deficiencia visual, Factor de riesgo, Actividad Física Exercise, Quality of life, Visually impaired persons, Risk factors Atividade Física, Qualidade de vida, Deficientes visuais, Fatores de risco

Abstract

Currently very low amount of scientific studies analyse the effect of physical activity on physiological and psychological parameters on people suffering visual sensorial deficiencies and blind. These persons form a particular neglected population and the information about how physical activity affects their quality of life related to health and healthy aging is very poor. The objective of this work had been to review the studies that analyse the effect of the physical activity on visual sensorial deficiencies people and the influence of this activity on health including those risk factors influencing health due to sedentarism.

Published
2018-10-15
Issue
Vol. 11 No. 4 (2018): December 2018
Section
Revisiones