Abstract
Abstract. The purpose of this research was to meet the needs of students with partial medical exemptions through adapted attractive and effective exercise programmes. The study was conducted on a sample consisting of 30 students with partial medical exemptions, who had the physician’s recommendation to perform adapted physical exercise, and participation was based on their own consent. Participants were randomly divided into two groups of 15 subjects each. Both groups were included in a special aerobic gymnastics programme applied during physical education classes at university level. The experiment group additionally benefited from an aerobic exercise programme for independent activity. Initial and final tests were performed to determine vital capacity, static balance and speed-coordination. The analysis of the results showed statistically significant improvements between the initial and final tests (at a 0.05 significance threshold) in both groups for two of the three parameters, namely vital capacity and static balance. The comparative analysis of the final results achieved by the two groups highlighted a statistically significant improvement in the performance of the experiment group compared to the control group for the same two parameters (vital capacity and static balance), while for speed-coordination, the differences were statistically insignificant. We can conclude that the special aerobic gymnastics programmes designed by us have proven their effectiveness in improving some motor and functional parameters.
Highlights
In the context of modern life, the individual has to face a multitude of challenges related to the harmful influences to which our bodies are subjected because of the increasing distance from the original coordinates of our phylogenetic development
Establishing the structure and contents of exercise programmes adapted to the needs of students with partial medical exemptions, in terms of activity performed both during physical education classes and as independent physical activity
At the end of February - beginning of March 2020, with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania, we observed the situation in other countries and that students started being reluctant to participate in the experimental programme, we decided to end the experiment earlier by conducting the final tests shortly before the declaration of the state of emergency
Summary
In the context of modern life, the individual has to face a multitude of challenges related to the harmful influences to which our bodies are subjected because of the increasing distance from the original coordinates of our phylogenetic development. How contemporary people lead their everyday lives is obviously in flagrant contradiction with the deep needs of any biological organism, which has been designed to live and develop in and through movement For this reason, against the background of a social life increasingly captured by the facilities and conveniences offered by the explosive development of science and technology, sedentary lifestyle and lack of exercise are identified as the main risk factors for public health. Lack of exercise leads to an increased incidence of overweight and obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and their negative effects affect both people’s lives and the budgets and economies of states In this regard, the European Commission (2008) warns, in the EU Physical Activity Guidelines Recommended Policy Actions in Support of Health-Enhancing Physical Activity, about the tendency of European children to spend more and more time in sedentary activities, which generates increased risks related to a multitude of physical, metabolic and mental morbid conditions. In order to counteract this situation, the European Commission points out the importance of taking action in the educational environment, specifying that it has been found that approximately 80% of children and young people practice physical exercise only at school
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