'Walk Buds': A walking programme to increase physical activity, physical fitness and emotional wellbeing, in 9–13 yr old children with intellectual disability. A study …

L Taggart, A Johnston, P Mullhall, A Hassiotis… - Contemporary Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
… The core components of the Walk Buds programme are: it is a manualised … walking programme,
it has a peer buddy system where older pupils (aged 16–19 yrs) in the same school walk

Structured home-based exercise program for improving walking ability in ambulant children with cerebral palsy

AA Fauzi, MM Khayat, S Sabirin… - Journal of pediatric …, 2019 - content.iospress.com
… home-based exercise programme that can improve the walking function of children with
ambulant CP. Although its effect was not significantly sustained after the programme, it can be a …

Peer-led walking programme to increase physical activity in inactive 60-to 70-year-olds: Walk with Me pilot RCT

MA Tully, C Cunningham, A Wright… - Public Health …, 2019 - ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk
… aimed at increasing physical activity in children, adolescents, adults and older adults … There
is a lack of evidence of the effects of peer-led walking programmes in older adults. The ‘Walk

Do interventions to increase walking work? A systematic review of interventions in children and adolescents

A Carlin, MH Murphy, AM Gallagher - Sports Medicine, 2016 - Springer
… ] or participated in a healthy eating programme at school while the active travel intervention
… A meta-analysis of interventions to increase PA in young people (<11 years old) highlighted …

'Walk Buds': A walking intervention to increase physical activity, physical fitness, and emotional wellbeing, in 9–13 year old children with intellectual disabilities …

P Mullhall, L Taggart, G McDermott… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
… The training is delivered during the school day prior to the commencement of the walking
programme, and includes how to implement the walking programme, how to complete the walk

Acquisition and loss of best walking skills in children and young people with bilateral cerebral palsy

G Baird, S Chandler, A Shortland, E Will… - … Medicine & Child …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Children who ‘walk without any assistance’ are the least likely to lose walking skills; conversely,
a 10-year-old child who walks … available had no exercise programme is worth noting. …

'Walk Buds': A walking intervention to increase physical activity, physical fitness and emotional wellbeing, in 9-13yr old children with intellectual disabilities. Results of …

P Mulhall, L Taggart, G McDermott… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - pure.ulster.ac.uk
… The training is delivered during the school day prior to the commencement of the walking
programme, and includes how to implement the walking programme, how to complete the walk

Effects of participation in sports programs on walking ability and endurance over time in children with cerebral palsy

SA Ross, M Yount, S Ankarstad, S Bock… - American Journal of …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
… To participate in the program, children needed to be functioning at a first-grade cognitive …
in the early years and plateaus approximately 7 yrs old. This plateau remains into adulthood for …

The Fostering Communities programme-Walking tall: stage two evaluation

M Boffey, D Mannay, R Vaughan, C Wooders - 2021 - orca.cardiff.ac.uk
… four-year-old child made the glider with minimal physical support and the seven-year-old
child completed the kit autonomously with a few verbal comments for support. The four-year-old

Mobile walking game and group-walking program to enhance going out for older adults

M Takahashi, H Kawasaki, A Maeda… - Proceedings of the 2016 …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
… Therefore, we developed a walking game to enhance physically … a group-walking program
utilizing the walking game aimed for … , and effective for older adults in a real-world situation. …