Can children with a cardiopathy do gymnastics as a school subject normally?
The regular practice of physical exercise contributes to a better quality of life and improves the physical and psychological health of the people who are affected. Therefore, it will be important to make sure that the prescription of exercise is individualized and elaborated after taking the characteristics of each child into account. It is convenient to carry out a test of physical effort that allows professionals to appraise the physical and functional capacity of a child with cardiopathy. If the capacity of the child is normal for his/her age and the doctor recommends that they do the same physical activity as the rest of their colleagues in the class group, whether this represents a need to adapt any acitivites or contents within the area of gymnastics must be considered. If the results of a physical effort test reveals that the child or youngster is unable to do gymnastics like the rest of the students of his/her age, the educational curriculum of the child or youngster will defi
