《适应体育活动季刊》(APAQ)是国际适应体育联盟指定的国际适应体育研究期刊,其刊发的研究成果和学术观点代表了国际适应体育学研究的前沿。运用内容分析法、文献计量法对APAQ1984--2011年所刊载的720篇文章,从研究主题、研究热点、研究对象类别、研究者和研究方法等方面进行了深入的梳理和分析。结果显示:国际适应体育学研究主题呈多元化,研究热点主要有运动科学与身体活动、心理与社会、运动行为、测量/评价/分类、融合与体育课程;研究对象涉及各类特殊体育需要群体;研究者来自29个国家体育学科以及相关学科领域的专家和学者;在研究方法上,注重混合方法设计研究,其中以调查法和实验法研究为主。
"Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly" is professional journals established by international adapted activity research which is designated by International Federation Adapted Physical Activity. The published research results and academic point of view represents the academic forefront of the international adapted physical activity. The article use methods of content a- nalysis and bibliometric to analyze 720 articles which were published in APAQ from 1984 to 2011. It is found that its content covers such extent as the research topic, hot topic, research object classification, researchers and research methods. The re- sults show that international adapted activity research topics extend to multiple areas with focus being placed upon sports sci- ence and physical activity, psychosocial study, motor behavior and measurement/evaluation/classification,inclusion and pro- gramming etc. Study objects involve all kinds of groups entailed special physical needs. Researchers in various fields are ex- perts and scholars from 29 nations. Investigation and experiment constitute the main study design. Scholarly research and quantitative research are methods which claim most of attention.