Pilates exercises and inclusion in the Physical Education class with university students

Abstract

Inclusive Education is a process aimed at responding to the diversity of students, increasing their participation and reducing exclusion in and from teaching. Physical Education constitutes an opportunity for Inclusive Education. An investigation was carried out whose objective was to design a system of physical exercises following the Pilates Method, for Inclusive Education in the Physical Education class, with students who have posture disorders, at the Faculty of Health Technology and Nursing of the Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences. Methods from the empirical and theoretical levels were used to collect information, the statistical method to analyze the quantitative data, the systematic review of the literature to select the exercises and the criteria of specialists to evaluate the proposal. It was found that more can still be done in inclusive education in Physical Education classes at the university level, through curricular adaptation. Adapting the task and exercises for students affected by their posture can contribute to this end. Based on the diagnosis, an exercise program was designed following the Pilates Method that obtained a high rate of acceptance by specialists. It is concluded that the designed exercise system can contribute to the re-education of the posture of the affected students from an inclusive Physical Education, with the advantage of constituting knowledge that enriches their professional training.