Introduction and objectives: Disability is a physical or mental condition that limits a person from physical or sensory activities and refers to people who cannot do their daily tasks normally. Due to their physical condition, disabled and disabled people in the society often face more problems than healthy people, including social and psychological issues. Physical activity has been shown as an effective intervention that can have effects on the dimensions of these people's lives. Therefore, the purpose of this review research is to investigate the effect of physical activity on some social and psychological issues of people with intellectual and physical disabilities.
Materials and methods: In this study, a comprehensive review related to the investigation of the effect of physical activity on some social and psychological issues of people with disabilities by searching in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar and with the keywords disability, disabled, disabled people, intellectual disability, physical activity, sports, exercise, active lifestyle, physical fitness, social behavior, mental behavior, social disorders, mental disorders, psychological, psychological, social problems, mental problems, from 2010 to February 2024. After searching the aforementioned databases, 110 articles were found regarding the effect of corrective games on upper and lower limb abnormalities, which were eligible studies based on the defined criteria, 10 articles based on the full text and also removing duplicates, in the field of the subject. The comment was carefully reviewed.
Findings: According to the findings of the research, exercise has positive psychological and social effects in people with physical disabilities and low mental ability, and improves social cohesion and competence of mentally disabled people, reduces isolation and introversion, increases self-esteem and There have been positive changes in clothing, walking and participation in other social activities.
Conclusion: Considering that physically and mentally disabled people are facing problems such as social behavior and communication, improving this behavior helps to increase the quality of life of these people. and social has been considered as a facilitating intervention in the behavior of disabled people. It is suggested that trainers and people who are connected with this group help to support and improve the quality of life of disabled people by using exercise and physical activity.