Sport Physical Activity Research Articles

PEMBERIAN SENAM JANTUNG SEHAT BAGI KEBUGARAN JASMANI LANSIA PADA IBU IBU AISYIYAH KAJEN

The purpose of this community service is to improve the physical fitness of Aisyiyah's mother by providing an increase in physical exercise activity during the covid 19 pandemic. In increasing knowledge about physical activity in sports during the covid pandemic, activities are carried out with Health protocols. This activity is done by doing healthy heart exercises. The results of the implementation of this community service activity are expected to provide insight into what are the benefits and how to maintain physical fitness to stay fit and not experience fatigue..

Sports Specialization, Physical Literacy, and Physical Activity Levels in Young Adults.

Youth sport specialization may be associated with physical literacy and physical activity in young adulthood. The purposes of this study were to compare young adult (18-25y) physical literacy and physical activity by high school sport specialization status and to examine the relationship between current physical activity and physical literacy. Retrospective, cross-sectional study design. Participants were recruited from ResearchMatch, university classes, and social media posts. Participants (N = 172; aged 22.1 [2.1] y; 80.1% female) completed the following anonymous surveys on REDCap to assess: demographics and injury history, sport specialization, physical literacy (PLAYself), and physical activity (Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire). When controlling for age, there were no statistically significant differences in physical literacy (F2,166 = 2.02, P = .14) or moderate to vigorous physical activity (F2,161 = 0.24, P = .79) between sport specialization groups. There was a moderate, positive relationship between physical literacy and physical activity (r = .33, P < .001). Young adult physical literacy and physical activity were similar regardless of youth sport specialization level. Young adult physical literacy was positively associated with physical activity. Future studies should consider physical literacy as a possible correlate of physical activity among young adults.

Association of Perceived Neighbourhood Walkability with Self-Reported Physical Activity and Body Mass Index in South African Adolescents.

Adolescence is a life stage critical to the establishment of healthy behaviours, including physical activity (PA). Factors associated with the built environment have been shown to impact PA across the life course. We examined the sociodemographic differences in, and associations between, perceived neighbourhood walkability, PA, and body mass index (BMI) in South African adolescents. We recruited a convenience sample (n = 143; 13-18 years; 65% female) of students from three high schools (middle/high and low-income areas). Participants completed a PA questionnaire and the Neighbourhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS)-Africa and anthropometry measurements. Multivariable linear regression was used to examine various relationships. We found that, compared with adolescents living in middle/high income neighbourhoods, those living in low-income neighbourhoods had lower perceived walkability and PA with higher BMI percentiles. The associations between neighbourhood walkability and PA were inconsistent. In the adjusted models, land use diversity and personal safety were associated with club sports participation, street connectivity was positively associated with school sports PA, and more favourable perceived walkability was negatively associated with active transport. Overall, our findings suggest that the perceived walkability of lower income neighbourhoods is worse in comparison with higher income neighbourhoods, though the association with PA and BMI is unclear.

Is Curcumine Useful in the Treatment and Prevention of the Tendinopathy and Myotendinous Junction Injury? A Scoping Review.

Physical activity in general and sports in particular, is a mechanism that produces stress and generates great force in the tendon and in the muscle-tendon unit, which increases the risk of injury (tendinopathies). Eccentric and repetitive contraction of the muscle precipitates persistent microtraumatism in the tendon unit. In the development of tendinopathies, the cellular process includes inflammation, apoptosis, vascular, and neuronal changes. Currently, treatments with oral supplements are frequently used. Curcumin seems to preserve, and even repair, damaged tendons. In this systematic review, we focus more especially on the benefits of curcumin. The biological actions of curcumin are diverse, but act around three systems: (a) inflammatory, (b) nuclear factor B (NF-κB) related apoptosis pathways, and (c) oxidative stress systems. A bibliographic search is conducted under the guidelines of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) as a basis for reporting reliable systematic reviews to perform a Scoping review. After analysing the manuscripts, we can conclude that curcumin is a product that demonstrates a significant biological antialgic, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant power. Therefore, supplementation has a positive effect on the inflammatory and regenerative response in tendinopathies. In addition, curcumin decreases and modulates the cell infiltration, activation, and maturation of leukocytes, as well as the production of pro-inflammatory mediators at the site of inflammation.

Physical Activity Levels and Sleep in Schoolchildren (6-17) with and without School Sport.

There is strong evidence to support the association between daily physical activity and sleep parameters in children and adolescents. Physical activity and outdoor play are favourably associated with most sleep outcomes in school children. The aim is to find out the levels of physical activity and the quality of sleep in Basque schoolchildren aged between six and seventeen and to analyse the possible differences between those who carry out some kind of physical sports activity and those who do not. The sample consisted of 1082 schoolchildren (50.1% male and 49.9% female). Differences between groups were compared using the Mann-Whitney U test (2 samples) and Kruskal-Wallis one-factor ANOVA (k samples). A total of 723 (66.94%) of the participants said they practiced some physical sports activity. The accelerometers obtained significant differences in all levels of physical activity, as well as in sleep efficiency, with higher levels of physical activity (sedentary p = 0.001; light p = 0.017; moderate p = 0.009; vigorous p = 0.001 and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity p = 0.002) and better sleep efficiency (p = 0.002) in those schoolchildren who perform some type of physical sports activity. A significant difference in time spent in sedentary activities was also observed between primary and secondary school pupils of both sexes and regardless of the degree of physical sports activity completion.

Training Performance Indications for Amateur Athletes Based on Nutrition and Activity Lifelogs

To maintain and improve an amateur athlete’s fitness throughout training and to achieve peak performance in sports events, good nutrition and physical activity (general and training specifically) must be considered as important factors. In our context, the terminology “amateur athletes” represents those who want to practice sports to protect their health from sickness and diseases and improve their ability to join amateur athlete events (e.g., marathons). Unlike professional athletes with personal trainer support, amateur athletes mostly rely on their experience and feeling. Hence, amateur athletes need another way to be supported in monitoring and recommending more efficient execution of their activities. One of the solutions to (self-)coaching amateur athletes is collecting lifelog data (i.e., daily data captured from different sources around a person) to understand how daily nutrition and physical activities can impact their exercise outcomes. Unfortunately, not all factors of the lifelog data can contribute to understanding the mutual impact of nutrition, physical activities, and exercise frequency on improving endurance, stamina, and weight loss. Hence, there is no guarantee that analyzing all data collected from people can produce good insights towards having a good model to predict what the outcome will be. Besides, analyzing a rich and complicated dataset can consume vast resources (e.g., computational complexity, hardware, bandwidth), and this therefore does not suit deployment on IoT or personal devices. To meet this challenge, we propose a new method to (i) discover the optimal lifelog data that significantly reflect the relation between nutrition and physical activities and training performance and (ii) construct an adaptive model that can predict the performance for both large-scale and individual groups. Our suggested method produces positive results with low MAE and MSE metrics when tested on large-scale and individual datasets and also discovers exciting patterns and correlations among data factors.

University education for physical education teachers, sports and preventive and adapted physical activities kinesiologists and sports manager

Purpose: The study aims to measure and verify the relationship between the distribution of European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) in the three essential fields (biomedical, physical activity-sports and psycho-pedagogical) related to the master's degrees in sport science and techniques (LM-68) and science of preventive and adapted physical activities (LM-67) and in the three essential fields (physical activity-sports, economic-legal and psycho-sociological) of the master's degrees in sport management (LM-47). Method: The method is document-based. Using Universitaly portal, data on ECTS numerosity in the three essential fields for each degree course were collected. Multiple linear regression was used to predict the value of a dependent variable based on the value of other two independent variables. Results: The predominant field for LM-67 is biomedical, in LM68 physical activity-sports and in LM-47 economic-legal, all with high degrees of variation. Regarding the distribution of ECTS in the three essential fields in LM-68 and LM-47, the result is not statistically significant (P &gt;.05). No one area can predict the other two, therefore, there is no relationship underlying the degree course designs. In LM-67, the ECTS of the biomedical field predict significantly those in the physical activitysports and psycho-pedagogical ones (P &lt; .05). Conclusion: The results show that only in LM-67 there is a relationship between ECTS distribution in the three essential field, in which the ECTS in biomedical field predict how ECTS in the other two fields are distributed, showing a certain degree of agreement among universities on how to distribute them. Keywords: core curricula, master’s degree, kinesiologist, sports reform

Is sport and exercise participation related to the environmental and policy factors of physical activity in Croatia?

Physical activity is a complex behaviour influenced by individual, social, environmental, and policy factors. Understanding these factors of specific populations is a prerequisite for effective public health interventions. The main aim of this study was to determine the relationship between participation in sports, exercise, and other physical activities and the perception of environmental and policy correlates of physical activity in Croatia. The sample consisted of 1031 randomly selected Croatian citizens and data were collected within the “Special Eurobarometer 472” using questions about: a) participation in sport, exercise, and other physical activities and b) the environmental and policy factors of physical activity including opportunities for engaging in physical activities, the offer of sports clubs, and level of the support from local authorities. The results of the logistic regression analysis showed that people who perceived their local sports clubs and other service providers as offering more opportunities and those who felt that their local government supported physical activity were more likely to be actively involved in sports and exercise (p&amp;lt;.05 for all). Furthermore, the perception of greater opportunities for physical activity in the local environment is associated with increased involvement in recreational physical activities that are not related to sports (p&amp;lt;.05). Future strategies aiming at encouraging citizens to engage in sports and exercise should be based on strengthening cooperation between local authorities and local sports clubs, while the promotion of other physical activities should incorporate providing adequate infrastructure for engaging in physical activities and informing citizens about the provided opportunities.

Body-Worn Sensors for Recognizing Physical Sports Activities in Exergaming via Deep Learning Model

Obesity and laziness are some of the common issues in the majority of the youth today. This has led to the development of a proposed exergaming solution where users can play first-person physical games. This research study not only proposes a solution for physical fitness in the form of a game using wearable sensors but also proposes a multi-purpose system that provides different applications when trained for the domain-specific dataset. Critical tasks of gesture recognition and depiction in virtual reality can be applied to many applications in the domains of crime detection, fitness, healthcare, online learning, and sports. In particular, the proposed system enables a user to perform, detect, and depict different gestures in the virtual reality game. First, the system pre-processes input data by applying a median filter to overcome the anomalies. Then, features are extracted through a convolutional neural network, power spectral density, skewness, and kurtosis methods. Further, the system optimizes different features by using the grey wolf optimization. Lastly, the feature set which is optimized is fed to a recurrent neural network for classification. When Compared to the traditional methods, the suggested system gives better results while being easier to use. The IMSporting behaviors (IMSB) dataset includes badminton and other physical activities, the WISDM dataset includes common locomotor motions, and the ERICA dataset which includes a variety of exercises, were used in the experimentation. According to experimental findings, the suggested approach outperformed current methods, which showed detection accuracies of 85.01%, 88.46%, and 93.18% over the IMSB, WISDM, and ERICA datasets, respectively.

Physical-Sports Activity Habits of Colombian Nationals and Migrants Residing in the City of Sincelejo

The investigation of physical activity habits is a common process in different contexts, so the present study aimed to analyze the physical activity habits of Colombian nationals and migrants residing in the city of Sincelejo. Within the framework of the project called "Citizen Culture and Integral Formation", a descriptive cross-sectional study was developed and a sample of 3464 people was taken. It can be concluded that 8 out of 10 migrants who engage in physical activity are located in strata 1 and 2, and that women prefer aerobics, walking or running, and men prefer walking, running or playing soccer. It is recommended that suitable spaces be guaranteed for the practice of sports for social and cultural integration.

Endothelial Reprogramming in Sports Traumatology: Role of the Widespread Neuro-Immuno-Endocrine-Endothelial System

This paper deals with the role of the widespread neuro-immuno-endocrine-endothelial system in sport traumatology. The aim of this work is to see if sport or regular physical activity is able to reprogram the endothelium, to advance the new concept of neuro-immuno-endocrine-endothelial diffused system, and to introduce in the practice of sport medicine a new test in the fields of “Athlete functional evaluation” and “Sports fitness”. The first object of this paper is to see whether sport or regular physical activity can change the functional structure of the endothelium. The second goal is to frame under a general view the knowledge and individual lines of research on endothelium, to highlight what we believe is, in the organization of homeostasis, the location of this ‘organ’, namely in the neuro-immune-endocrine system spread.

Impact of COVID-19 infection control and prevention measures on physical-sports activity among adolescents in a rural population.

Abstract The aim of this study was to analyse the changes related to the practice of physical-sports activities (P-SA) in adolescents owing to COVID-19 infection control and prevention measures. A total of 259 students (mean age=13.98±1.61 years) from a high school gave information on their physical-sports habits during the first year of the pandemic. The results showed a clear association between P-SA prior to the establishment of the state of alarm with P-SA practised after, and during the new normality. Also, a sporting club's membership was positively related to P-SA. Logistic regression analyses indicated that the duration of official training was the factor that most explained P-SA levels after confinement and during the new normality. In relation to post-confinement P-SA, males were more likely to practise more P-SA than females, but during the new normality, this factor was no longer significant and living with a family member at risk and the practice of individual sports became more important. These findings show that membership of a sporting club and commitment to training mitigated the negative impact of these health measures. Guidelines to ensure the maintenance of P-SA in adolescents should be established if similar situations are repeated in the future.

Preferences of patients with chronic low back pain about nonsurgical treatments: Results of a discrete choice experiment.

This study aimed to assess patients' preferences of nonsurgical treatments for chronic low back pain (CLBP). We conducted a discrete choice experiment (DCE) in Quebec, Canada, in 2018. Seven attributes were included: treatment modality, pain reduction, the onset of treatment efficacy, duration effectiveness, difficulties with daily activities, sleep problems,and knowledge of the patient'sbody and pain location. Treatment modalities were corticosteroid injections, supervised body-mind physical activities, supervised sports physical activities, physical manipulations, self-management courses,and psychotherapy. Utility levels were estimated using a logit model, a latent class modeland a Bayesian hierarchical model. Analyses were conducted on individuals. According to the Bayesian hierarchical model, the conditional relative importance weights of attributes were as follows: (1)treatment modality (34.79%), (2) pain reduction (18.73%), (3) difficulties with daily activities (11.71%), (4) duration effectiveness (10.06%), (5) sleep problems (10.05%), (6) onset of treatment efficacy (8.60%)and (7) knowledge of the patient's body and pain location (6.06%). According to the latent class model that found six classes of respondents with different behaviours (using Akaike and Bayesian criteria), the treatment modality was the most important attribute for all classes, except for class 4 for which pain reduction was the most important. In addition, classes 2 and 5 refused corticosteroid injections, while psychotherapy was preferred only in class 3. Given the preference heterogeneity found in the analysis, it is important that patient preferences are discussed and considered by the physicians. This will help to improve the patient care pathway in a context of a patient-centred model for a disease with growing prevalence. A small group of patients was involved in the conception, designand interpretation of data. Participants in the DCEwere all CLBP patients.

Analysis of Physical Activity in Atoni Meto Traditional Sports on North Central Timor Regency

The purpose of the study was to determine the physical activity and traditional sports of Atoni Meto in North Central Timor Regency. The initial stage of the research method is that researchers develop research instruments that will be used to explore information from sources in depth through direct observation (observation), in-depth interviews, focus grup discussion, and documentation studies to find physical activities and traditional sports Atoni Meto "Mantika" in North Central Timor Regency. In the data analysis process, the research team was based on the Miles and Huberman analysis model: data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing (verification). The results showed that the physical components contained in the traditional Atoni Meto sport in North Central Timor Regency were the values ​​of sportsmanship, endurance, strength, coordination, balance, and accuracy. Some of these sports components can be integrated into the learning process of Physical Education in Sports and Health at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.

Physical activity and substance use among Canadian adolescents: Examining the moderating role of school connectedness.

Physical activity may play a role in promoting or preventing substance use among youth. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between different types of physical activity [i.e., non-competitive school sport, competitive school sport, outside of school sport and minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per day] and substance use (i.e., current smoking, e-cigarette, cannabis, binge drinking) among Canadian youth. Interaction effects between physical activity and school connectedness were also examined. Using data from the COMPASS study (2018-19; n = 73,672), four multi-level logistic regression models were developed to investigate whether physical activity lessened or worsened the odds of (1) smoking; (2) e-cigarette use; (3) cannabis use; and (4) binge drinking. Models were stratified by gender to reflect the inherent differences between genders. Models were adjusted for demographic factors and other covariates. Sport participation was consistently associated with substance use, whereas less evidence was found for meeting MVPA guidelines. Non-competitive school sport lessened the odds of cannabis use for males and females. However, non-competitive school sport only lessened the odds of e-cigarette use for females but increased the odds of binge drinking for males. Participation in competitive school sport lessened the odds of cigarette smoking but increased the odds of e-cigarette use and binge drinking for males and females. Outside of school sport lessened the odds of cigarette smoking and cannabis use but increased the odds of e-cigarette use and binge drinking for males and females. A significant moderation effect was found for males participating in sport outside of school and meeting MVPA guidelines who were at a lower risk of e-cigarette use in the presence of high levels of school connectedness. Our study provides evidence for further consideration and provision of extracurricular activities, specifically non-competitive sport, in protecting against substance use. Caution is required in claiming that sport participation or physical activity, in general, is negatively associated with substance use among youth.

Researching the Behavior of Students Regarding the Multicultural Approach during of Physical Education Lesson in Greek Elementary School

In recent years in Greece the systematic introduction of refugees and immigrant students has resulted in a change in the cultural environment in the field of primary education which in turn has influenced the teaching methods of the courses in an effort to in a better way approach the new situation. Physical Education as a school subject is a valuable tool for adaptability and approach to the new situation by introducing students with different cultures. The purpose of this study is to investigate the behaviors that are displayed during the physical education course by native students at primary schools for classmates of different nationalities. For the completion of the study, a sample of 1045 students of 5th and 6th grade was approached by random sampling representative from all regions of Greece. The data collection tool was a behavioral self-assessment questionnaire that has been used in another relevant research in the Greek scientific field. The analysis was performed with the IBM SPSSv21 Statistical Analysis package. From the results of the work, it seems that there are significant differences between the students of the 5th / 3rd grade and those of the 6th grade, as well as between boys and girls in the multicultural approach during the practice of physical-sports activities. In particular, 5th graders place more emphasis on rewarding good effort, positive reinforcement and motivation as well as accepting the rights of others, while 6th graders display more inappropriate verbal behavior and annoyance on others. The behavior of irresponsibility seems to be displayed to a greater extent by boys than by girls, while the latter ones exhibit the behavior of helping others to a greater extent.

Abstract 12084: Premorbid Physical Activity and Prognosis After Incident Myocardial Infarction: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

Introduction: Physical activity (PA) is associated with a reduced risk of mortality and cardiovascular disease in the general population. However, it is unclear whether PA level in midlife impacts prognosis after myocardial infarction (MI) in later life. Methods: In 1,115 ARIC participants with incident non-fatal MI during ARIC follow-up (mean age 73 [SD 9] years at MI, 54% men, 21% Black), PA prior to incident MI (premorbid PA) was evaluated at visit 1 (1987-89) and visit 3 (1993-95) using a modified Baecke questionnaire; we studied the cumulative PA index scores across these two visits. Total and domain-specific PA (sport, leisure time, and work PA) were analyzed for their associations with mortality, recurrent MI, stroke, and heart failure after MI using multivariable Cox models. Elapsed time between visit 3 and incident MI was on average 11.9 (SD 6.9) years. Results: During a median follow-up of 2.0 [IQI 0.03-8.0] years after incident MI, 914 participants (82%) developed a composite outcome. The 8-year cumulative incidence of composite outcome was lower in the highest tertile of premorbid total PA than the lowest tertile (62% vs. 72%, respectively) ( Figure ). When adjusting for MI risk factors, the association was not significant. However, for individual outcomes, higher premorbid total PA was associated with a lower risk of recurrent MI (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] 0.66 [95% CI 0.45, 0.96] for the highest vs. lowest tertile). Results were similar for sport and work PA but not leisure time PA. When we focused on short-term prognosis within one year after MI, both higher total PA and sport PA were associated with lower mortality (HR 0.62 [95% CI 0.43, 0.90] and 0.62 [0.44, 0.89], respectively). Conclusions: Greater premorbid PA was associated with better prognosis after MI occurrence, both short-term and long-term post-MI. Our results demonstrate additional prognostic advantage of PA beyond reducing the risk of incident MI.

Emerging technology as an essential factor in changing lifestyles and reshaping exercise behaviour in Taiwan

The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced various aspects of people’s lives; for instance, restrictions during the pandemic have forced people to think about sports participation and physical activity in new ways. There has been growing interest in technological interventions to support exercise-related behavioural changes in daily life; in particular, exergames designed to induce full-body movement offer alternatives to physical activity. Since Taiwan has a high rate of ownership of exergame-related equipment, it is worth examining players’ perceptions of using exergames for exercise. This study utilised a Means-End Chain analysis with in-depth laddering interviews to investigate Taiwanese perceptions of certain attributes of exergames as most likely to produce desired consequences in accordance with their values. The findings provide researchers and practitioners interested in the use of technology for exercise with valuable implications of Means-End Chain theory and structuration theory and suggestions for exergame design and promotion.

사관학교 생도의 근골격계 부상 유형 및 특성 연구

The purpose of this study was to describe the 6-month prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries in military cadets. Medical charts of medical patients from January to June 2022 were reviewed. Out of 262 patients, 188 patients were musculoskeletal injuries. The measured data were performed for frequency analysis and Fisher’s exact test through the SPSS 25.0 program, and the significant level was set to 0.05. As a results, the anatomical location of injuries were found in the order of knee 24.5%, waist 18.6%, ankle 18.6%, and shoulder 10.6%. Types of injuries were myalgia 71.3%, ligament/tendon sprains 12.8%, fractures 5.3%, and ligament ruptures 4.3% in that order. The primary cause of injuries was 53.8% of physical education classes, sports activities, and physical training (aerobic exercise, resistance exercise). As for the measures to be taken after the injury, 93.6% of the first-stage treatment (rest, pain relief, physical therapy, anti-inflammatory analgesic, etc.). Preventable injuries were 35.1%, and most of the physical training (aerobic exercise and resistance exercise) was preventable. Therefore, in order to prevent musculoskeletal injuries, cadets should be aware of the risk factors for injuries. To this end, it is considered that the data of this study can be used for the prevention of injuries in advance.

Living conditions of older adults in the Nueva Provincia neighborhood, La Libertad, Santa Elena, Ecuador – 2021

ABSTRACT The living conditions of older adults are the circumstances inherent to the environment that surrounds this vulnerable group and all difficulties they present due to the nature of age. Inequalities exist mainly when the general sector circumstances are untidy. This study’s objective has been to determine the older adults’ living conditions in the Nueva Provincia neighborhood. The methodology used was a non-experimental design with a quantitative approach and correlational scope. The technique was survey and the instrument used was a questionnaire; the instrument’s validity was performed through construct and criterion validity through Pearson’s correlation coefficient, as well as reliability through Cronbach’s Alpha Test, obtaining reliability of 99%, which is excellent. The main alterations were shown in the physical well-being dimension, where the most important scores were obtained at a very low level with alterations in autonomy degree in housework at a very low (15%), autonomy in basic activities very low (15%) and low (10%), the autonomy to get up and go to bed very low (15%) and low (5%), and the most affected was physical exercise or sports activities with a surprising score of very low (15%) and low (85%). In conclusion, the physical well-being dimension is the most altered in the elderly who live in the Nueva Provincia neighborhood.