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- Title
Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Effect on University Students Fitness Level.
- Authors
CIOMAG, Rela Valentina; POP, Cristiana Lucreția; NAE, Ionela Cristina; FILIP, Cristina
- Abstract
Background and Study Purpose: Through the present paper, we aimed to determine to what extent physical capacity was affected by the restrictions during the pandemic. This confirmatory study hypothesizes that university students' fitness level and effort capacity decreased after the pandemic compared to the results obtained before sanitary restrictions. Material and Methods. Two groups of 25 female university students in the age range between 19 and 21 years, passed six physical tests before pandemic restrictions and after the end of social confinement. The applied physical tests targeted the strength, power, flexibility, coordination, and cardio-respiratoryfitness level. Results. All test results, except one, demonstrate a statistically significant difference, confirming the hypothesis that the two samples differ in effort capacity and fitness abilities. By calculating the t-test and Cohen d effect size, the standardized mean difference of the pandemic effect demonstrates how substantially different are the two samples. Conclusions. Data confirms the research hypothesis: physical abilities decrease was between 10 and 28 percent with the most worrying level being recorded at flexibility and abdominal strength tests. The comparison of standardised fitness test results in two successive samples of students can contribute to a better understanding of the long-term impact of the pandemic breakdown on their fitness level. A diminished physical potential of the future educated workforce would have lasting effects on their physical and mental health and consequently higher healthcare expenditure and lower productivity. Remedial measures are needed to reverse the physical potential decrease of young adults after the sanitary crisis.
- Subjects
MEDICAL care costs; COVID-19 pandemic; STANDARDIZED tests; COLLEGE students; PANDEMICS
- Publication
Romanian Journal for Multidimensional Education / Revista Românească pentru Educaţie Multidimensională, 2024, Vol 16, Issue 3, p193
- ISSN
2066-7329
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18662/rrem/16.3/890