Project improves health among children and young people with disabilities
A grant of SEK 10 million from the Promobilia Foundation has enabled a project to give children and young people greater opportunities for an active, healthy lifestyle and a stronger sense of community – regardless of their circumstances.
Jessica Norrbom and Ferdinand von Walden are researchers at Karolinska Institutet.
Children and young people with motor impairments, such as cerebral palsy (CP), are generally less physically active than their peers and therefore face a higher risk of poorer physical and metabolic health later in life. There is a lack of accessible training methods and tools to measure physical fitness for many in this group, which creates a significant need for initiatives that both increase opportunities for physical activity and improve knowledge about how exercise affects this population.
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