Gym staff perspectives on disability inclusion: a qualitative study

C Cunningham, G O'Donoghue… - Disability and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose To explore gym staff perspectives on the inclusion of people with disability in the
gym setting. Materials and methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 staff …

[HTML][HTML] Local impact of a sports centre: Effects on future intentions

L Testa, D Parra-Camacho, AM Gómez-Tafalla… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Analysing the social impact of sports facilities is important because they can have a positive
impact on the health and well-being of the people who use them, foster social inclusion and …

Social justice through sport and exercise studies: A manifesto

B Adamson, M Adamson, C Clarke… - Journal of Sport and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This manifesto reimagines social justice in physical cultural studies by renaming,
broadening, and building new characterizations of the body, dis/ability, mental health …

Building community or perpetuating inclusionism? The representation of “inclusion” on fitness facility websites

K Aly Bailey, M Griffin, S Habib, N Fayyaz, KJ Lopez… - Leisure/loisir, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Despite mandates for inclusion, fitness spaces are often unwelcoming for bodies of
difference. The disconnect between the formal rules (eg policies) of inclusion and people's …

[HTML][HTML] Lifelong fitness in ambulatory children and adolescents with cerebral palsy I: Key ingredients for bone and muscle health

NG Moreau, KM Friel, RK Fuchs, S Dayanidhi… - Behavioral …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Physical activity of a sufficient amount and intensity is essential to health and the prevention
of a sedentary lifestyle in all children as they transition into adolescence and adulthood …

[HTML][HTML] The places–people exercise: understanding spatial patterns and the formation mechanism for urban commercial fitness space in changchun city, China

S Gao, C Li, Y Rong, Q Yan, W Liu, Z Ma - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The fitness industry is rapidly developing due to the demand for fitness activities, and a large
number of commercial fitness spaces have emerged in Changchun city. The distribution of …

[HTML][HTML] Priority populations' experiences of the accessibility and inclusion of recreation centres: a qualitative study

E Rivera, C Smith, KD Hesketh - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Although the health benefits of physical activity are well documented, certain
priority populations are often disproportionately insufficiently active and at higher risk of poor …

[HTML][HTML] Examining Ableism Through the Physical Activity Experiences of Blind and Visually Impaired Women

LE Ball, JA Haegele - Journal of Physical Activity and …, 2024 - journals.humankinetics.com
Purpose: This study examined how ableism influences blind and visually impaired women's
experiences accessing and engaging in exercise, physical activity, and sport. Methods: Ten …

[HTML][HTML] Spatio-temporal patterns of fitness behavior in Beijing based on social media data

B Tian, B Meng, J Wang, G Zhi, Z Qi, S Chen, J Liu - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fitness is an important way to ensure the health of the population, and it is important to
actively understand fitness behavior. Although social media Weibo data (the Chinese …

Paying attention to tension: studying the perspectives of health care workers, sports club volunteers, and people with type 2 diabetes, engaged in public-civil physical …

S Thomsen, S Agergaard - … Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Collaborations between public institutions and civil society organisations are popular. One
such context for public-civil collaboration is rehabilitation, where health care institutions and …