慢跑對增進國小自閉症學生健康體適能及注意力之成效

The effect of Jogging on the Health-Related Fitness and Attention of Elementary School Students with Autism

目的：本研究旨在探討慢跑對增進國小自閉症學生健康體適能及注意力之成效。方法：本研究針對健康體適能部份，採單一受試研究法之倒返實驗設計；於注意力部份，以標準化的測量工具，進行前後測設計，以探究慢跑對上述技能的影響。本研究之研究參與者為兩位國小的自閉症學生，參與者接受為期8週，每週3次，每次20分鐘的慢跑介入，介入後以視覺分析法、C統計及描述統計進行資料分析。結果：慢跑對增進國小自閉症學生健康體適能四大項目（心肺耐力、肌力與肌耐力、柔軟度、身體組成）及注意力的表現，皆呈現正向的成果。 結論：慢跑介入，對改善國小自閉症學生之健康體適能及注意力具有成效，且此成效與其重要他人的觀感一致。

Purposes: This study aims to investigate the effect of jogging on improving the health-related fitness and attention of elementary students with autism. Methods: As for health-related fitness, this study adopted a reversal design of the single-subject research method. In terms of attention, a standardized measurement tool was used to conduct pre and post-test design. These two designs were used to explore the impact of jogging on the above-mentioned skills. The research participants in this study were two elementary school students with autism. Participants received a 20-minute jogging intervention 3 times a week for 8 weeks. After the intervention, visual analysis, a C statistic, and descriptive statistics were used for data analysis. Results: Jogging has positive effects on improving the four major items of health-related fitness (cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, and muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition) and attention ability of the participants. Conclusion: Jogging intervention improved the health-related fitness and attention of elementary school students with autism and this result was also confirmed via the perception of their significant others.