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Professor Nora Shields - PA in Young People with Disability

A Neuro Physio Podcast

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How Far Back Does That Idea Come From?

The idea of pairing a physio student and someone with disability in the gym comes from 2006. The first study was done to understand why young adults with Down Syndrome weren't physically active. And that pilot work, we used that to seed the first NHNRC project grant for Fit Skills. We then tested the idea on on 68 young people with Dan syndrome. It found it did work but there was an indication that it was also effective for the person with Dan syndrome as well.

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