Music with Repeated Sprint Training Impacts on Respiratory Rate and Speed Performance of Students with Visual Impairment

Abstract

Visual impairment, also known as vision impairment, is a medical definition primarily measured based on an individual's better eye visual acuity; in the absence of treatment such as corrective eyewear, assistive devices, and medical treatment– visual impairment may cause the individual difficulties with normal daily tasks including reading and walking. Visual or vision impairment (VI or VIP) is the partial or total inability of visual perception. To achieve these study fifteen male students with visual impairment (b2)were selected from the, Star Special School in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Their age ranged between 15 to 20 years. These subjects were gone for repeated sprint training on daily 60 minutes morning 6 to 7 am up to eight weeks. The selected respiratory rate assessed with manual method and speed performance assessed with 50 m dash. Pre and post-test data were collected and analyzed using the dependent ‘t’ test, with a confidence level set at 0.05. The findings of the study revealed significant changes in respiratory rate and improvements in speed performance intervention of repeated sprint training.