scholarly journals The Effects of a Five-Month Lockdown Due to COVID-19 on Physical Fitness Parameters in Adolescent Students: A Comparison between Cohorts

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 326
Author(s):  
Athanasios Tsoukos ◽  
Gregory C. Bogdanis
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Upper Body ◽  
Adolescent Male ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Adolescent Students ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Fitness Parameters

Background: This study examined the effects of a five-month lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic on physical fitness parameters in urban adolescent male and female students. Methods: Two hundred and ninety-three male and female students (age: 15.8 ± 0.3 years) who attended the fourth grade of the same high school during the years 2016–2017 (first control group), 2018–2019 (second control group) and 2020–2021 (lockdown group) took part in the present study. Results: The percentage of overweight and obese students, according to body mass index, increased in males from 16.0% (2016–2017) and 14.6% (2018–2019), to 36.7% in 2020–2021 (p < 0.01), and in females from 8.6% (2016–2017) and 7.0% (2016–2017), to 25.6% in 2020–2021 (p < 0.01). Lower body fitness, as assessed by jumping, sprinting and agility tests, was impaired for both males and females after the lockdown compared with the 2016–2017 and 2018–2019 cohorts (vertical jumps: 10.4–15.1%; p < 0.01; d = 0.58–1.01, 30 m sprint: 3.7–4.9%; p < 0.01; d = 0.62–0.74; 505 agility test: from 6.1% to 9.4%; p < 0.01; d = 0.80–1.04). However, flexibility and performance in upper-body fitness tests (handgrip maximum isometric strength and medicine ball throws with different loads) was significantly reduced only in males after the lockdown (p < 0.05 to 0.01). Conclusions: These results suggest that a five-month lockdown negative influenced the physical fitness of adolescent students. Notably, greater reductions were observed in upper body strength, power and flexibility in males than in females. These results highlight the need to maintain strength, power and body mass during long periods of inactivity in adolescent populations.

scholarly journals The impact of the use of computerized programs in the achievement of direct and deferred in the understanding of reading and recitation of seventh grade students in the schools of Al-Husseiniya / Ma'an

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (20) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanal Atallah Abu Darwish
Keyword(s):  
Conventional Method ◽  
Female Students ◽  
The Other ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Seventh Grade ◽  
Elimination Method ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Study Results ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact

This study aimed at revealing the impact of using the gradual elimination method on the direct and delayed achievement of the 7th Grade students in memorizing the required chapters in Quran in Alhosayneya area schools. The searcher has used the Semi-experimental subject to complete this study. The study sample consisted of 48 male and female students was divided into 2 groups, Empirical and control. The Empirical group used (the gradual elimination method memorizing the required chapters in Quran). Whereas, the control group used (the conventional method in memorizing the required chapters in Quran). The study results have shown the existence of a statistical indicative difference at the level (α=0.05) of both direct and delayed achievement in memorizing the required chapters in Quran using the gradual elimination method. On the other hand, there was no indicative differences at the level (α=0.05) of both direct and delayed achievement in memorizing the required chapters in Quran due to the gender variable or its reaction with the study method. The study had recommended adopting the gradual elimination method as one of the effective teaching approach in memorizing the required chapters.

scholarly journals Effect of recreational beach tennis on ambulatory blood pressure and physical fitness in hypertensive individuals (BAH study): rationale and study protocol

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Ferrari ◽  
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Leandro de Oliveira Carpes ◽  
Lucas Betti Domingues ◽  
Alexandre Jacobsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Ambulatory Blood Pressure ◽  
Training Group ◽  
Reduce Blood Pressure ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Recreational Sports ◽  
Exercise Interventions ◽  
Recreational Beach ◽  
Fitness Parameters

Abstract Background Different physical activities are widely recommended as non-pharmacological therapies to reduce blood pressure. However, the effectiveness of exercise programs is associated with its continuity and regularity, and the long-term adherence to traditional exercise interventions is often low. Recreational sports emerge as an alternative, being more captivating and able to retain individuals for longer periods. Besides, sport interventions have demonstrated improvements in physical fitness components that are associated with a lower incidence of hypertension. However, no studies have investigated the effects of recreational sports on 24 h ambulatory blood pressure. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the effect of beach tennis training on ambulatory blood pressure and physical fitness in individuals with hypertension. Methods This study will be a randomized, single-blinded, two-arm, parallel, and superiority trial. Forty-two participants aged 35–65 years with previous diagnosis of hypertension will be randomized to 12 weeks of beach tennis training group (two sessions per week lasting 45–60 min) or a non-exercising control group. Ambulatory (primary outcome) and office blood pressures, cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength/power and quality of life will be assessed at baseline and after the intervention period. Discussion Our conceptual hypothesis is that beach tennis training will reduce ambulatory blood pressure and improve fitness parameters in middle-aged individuals with hypertension. The results of this trial are expected to provide evidences of efficacy of recreational beach tennis practice on blood pressure management and to support sport recommendations for clinical scenario in higher risk populations. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03909321. Registered on April 10, 2019.

scholarly journals Scientific Temper and Academic Achievement among Tribal and Non-Tribal Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Azad Ahmad Andrabi ◽  
Nayyar Jabeen
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Stratified Random Sampling ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Tribal Group ◽  
Adolescent Students

The present investigation is a comparative study in which a total of 564 tribal and non-tribal adolescent students of Jammu And Kashmir State were selected by stratified random sampling technique. The tribal and non-tribal students were compared for the relationships between academic achievement and scientific temper. Data collected by The Scientific temper scale (2008) by Showkat and Nadeem showed a significant relationship between academic achievement and scientific temper in non-tribal adolescents only. Further gender wise comparisons revealed that male and female students of non-tribal group had significant relationship between the two variables as compared to tribal group.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Physical Fitness and Simulated Firefighting Task Performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Goris Nazari ◽  
Joy C. MacDermid ◽  
Kathryn E. Sinden ◽  
Tom J. Overend
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Grip Strength ◽  
Upper Body ◽  
Task Completion ◽  
Body Strength ◽  
Fitness Parameters ◽  
Lower Body Strength ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Completion Times

The overall aim of this study was to measure the physiological responses of firefighters from a single fire service during simulated functional firefighting tasks and to establish the relationship between physical fitness parameters and task performance. 46 males and 3 females firefighters were recruited. Firefighters’ aerobic capacity levels were estimated using the Modified Canadian Aerobic Fitness Test (mCAFT). Grip strength levels, as a measure of upper body strength levels, were assessed using a calibrated J-Tech dynamometer. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) protocol for the static floor lifting test was used to quantify lower body strength levels. Firefighters then performed two simulated tasks: a hose drag task and a stair climb with a high-rise pack tasks. Pearson’s correlation coefficients (r) were calculated between firefighters’ physical fitness parameters and task completion times. Two separate multivariable enter regression analyses were carried out to determine the predictive abilities of age, sex, muscle strength, and resting heart rate on task completion times. Our results displayed that near maximal heart rates of ≥88% of heart rate maximum were recorded during the two tasks. Correlation (r) ranged from −0.30 to 0.20. For the hose drag task, cardiorespiratory fitness and right grip strength (kg) demonstrated the highest correlations of −0.30 and −0.25, respectively. In predicting hose drag completion times, age and right grip strength scores were shown to be the statistically significant (p<0.05) independent variables in our regression model. In predicting stair climb completion times, age and NIOSH scores were shown to be the statistically significant (p<0.05) independent variables in our regression model. In conclusion, the hose drag and stair climb tasks were identified as physiological demanding tasks. Age, sex, resting heart rate, and upper body/lower body strength levels had similar predictive values on hose drag and stair climb completion times.

Cyberbullying Among Adolescent Students in Light of Some Demographic Variables

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-49
Author(s):  
Mohammed Soleiman Bani Khaled ◽  
Omar Atallah Al-Adamat
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Adolescent Students ◽  
The City

This study aims to identify the level of cyberbullying among a sample consisting of teenager students in the city of Mafraq in Jordan. It also aims to identify the differences at the level of cyberbullying in terms of gender, educational level, and academic achievement. The sample of the study was composed of 160 male and female students randomly selected from four schools of the education directorate in the northeast desert in 2020. Cyberbullying scale was employed in this research. The results revealed that the level of cyberbullying among adolescent students was moderate. Findings also suggested that there are differences at the level of cyberbullying between students in terms of gender, educational level, and academic achievement. In addition, the results suggested differences between the participants attributed to the interaction between gender and academic achievement and the interaction between educational level and academic achievement.

Analysis of Students' Critical Thinking Skills in terms of Gender Using Science Teaching Materials Based on The 5E Learning Cycle Integrated with Local Wisdom

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-199
Author(s):  
A. Ramdani ◽  
A. W. Jufri ◽  
G. Gunawan ◽  
M. Fahrurrozi ◽  
M. Yustiqvar
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Science Teaching ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Female Students ◽  
T Test ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Cycle ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Male And Female

Critical thinking is an important thing in building learners' knowledge. Students who have these skills will be able to solve problems effectively. This study examines the effect of science teaching materials based on the 5E learning cycle integrated with local wisdom in terms of gender on students' critical thinking skills. This quasi-experimental research with a pre-test-post-test control group design was carried out at Madrasah Tsanawiyah. Purposive sampling was used to select the research sample, including an experiment and a control group of equal ability between male and female students. The data were analyzed using a t-test and N-gain test to determine the improvement of critical thinking skills in both groups. The results showed that this teaching material affected students' critical thinking skills by the results of the t-test. The difference in the improvement of students' critical thinking skills is significant based on the result of N-gain and categorized as high. Students become more critical in solving problems after study using 5E integrated by local wisdom. The result shows an impact of this teaching material on first to fourth indicators of critical thinking skills. The fifth indicator is not affected by this teaching material because of students' weakness in elaborate the solution. There were also significant differences in the improvement of male and female students' critical thinking skills. One of them is that male students have a quicker response and higher self-confidence than female students in solving the problems. Based on this result, we conclude that applying science teaching material with 5E integrated by local wisdom positively affects students' critical thinking skills.

scholarly journals Relationship between Firefighter Physical Fitness and Special Ability Performance: Predictive Research Based on Machine Learning Algorithms

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (20) ◽  
pp. 7689
Author(s):  
Datao Xu ◽  
Yang Song ◽  
Yao Meng ◽  
Bíró István ◽  
Yaodong Gu
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Upper Body ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Muscular Power ◽  
Fat Percentage ◽  
Fitness Parameters ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Health Parameters

Firefighters require a high level of physical fitness to meet the demands of their job. The correlations and contributions of individual physical health parameters to the tasks of firefighting would enable firefighters to focus on the effects of specific physical conditions during their physical training programs. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to identify the relationships between various physical health parameters (weight, maximum oxygen uptake, body fat percentage, upper body muscular power and lower body muscular power) and performance on simulated firefighting ability tasks, which included a set of seven tasks (rope climb, run 200 m round trip with load, 60 m carrying a ladder, climb stairs with load, evacuation of 400 m with supplies, run 5 km with an air respirator, run 100 m with the water hose). Through use of a partial least-squares regression (PLSR) algorithm to analyze the linear correlation, we revealed the change in various training performances of specific ability tests with physical fitness parameters. The present study demonstrated significant relationships among physical health parameters and performance on simulated firefighting ability tasks, which also represent that those parameters contributed significantly to the model’s predictive power and were suitable predictors of the simulated firefighting tasks score.

scholarly journals Effect of Inquiry-Based Teaching Method on Students Achievement and Retention of Concepts in Integrated Science in Senior High School

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-88
Author(s):  
Mohammed Issaka
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Traditional Method ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Retention Capacity ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Integrated Science ◽  
Experimental Group

This study purposely investigated the impact of using inquiry-based teaching method on students’ academic achievement and retention of concept in integrated science against the traditional method in some selected senior high schools in the Obuasi Municipality. The study also investigated the difference in the mean achievement score between male and female students taught integrated science using inquiry -based method. The sample for the study was 292 students in SHS two from Christ the King Catholic Senior High School and Obuasi Secondary Technical in the Obuasi Municipality. The sample were obtained through random sample technique. The experimental group received instructions in integrated science using inquiry-based method of teaching whereas the control group were taught with the traditional method. The data were collected through the use of pretest- posttest research design and were analyze according to the research question for the study. The main research question for the study was: What is the effect of inquiry-based method of teaching on students’ achievement and retention of concepts in integrated science? The results from the study indicates that the students in the experimental group performed better than the students in the control group. The findings also show that students who were instructed with inquiry-based method have higher retention capacity than their counterpart students who were exposed to traditional method. There was a slightly gender disparity in the achievement and retention capacity of both male and female students taught integrated science with inquiry-based method in favour of the male. This means that inquiry-based method is very rewarding to students in terms of achievement and retention regardless of gender.

scholarly journals Identifying the Impact of Using Simulation Programs on Acquiring Physics Concepts for Female Students in Grade 11

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 390
Author(s):  
Nasser S. Almzidi ◽  
Ali H. Al Shuaili
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Laboratory Work ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Work Skills ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Physics Concepts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Grade 11

This study aims at identifying the impact of using Simulation programs on acquiring physics concepts, and development of lab activity skills. The sample consisted of (54) female students in grade 11 in the General Education at schools in Al-Batinah North Governorate. The sample was divided into two groups: The experimental group (n=28) that studied physics using simulation, and the control group (n=26) that studied the same material but using the traditional method of teaching. To achieve the study aims three tools were prepared: The Physics Concepts Test, the Laboratory Work Skills Test, and Laboratory Work Skills Observation Card. After conducting the tests before and after the study treatment, and observing the student while working on the experiments, the study results showed that no statistical differences was indicated between the experimental group and the control group in terms of gain of physics concepts, and all lab activity skills. In addition, the results of the Laboratory Work Skills Observation Card showed that simulation programs made the student make most of the lab activity skills. In view of the findings of the study, some suggestions and recommendations were proposed for future research.

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