Puberal and Adolescent Horse Riders' Fitness during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Effects of Training Restrictions on Health-Related and Functional Motor Abilities.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
; 19(11)2022 05 24.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1884112
ABSTRACT
The aim of the study was to analyse the fitness level of young horse riders before and after 12 weeks of training restrictions instituted due to the COVID-19 emergency. Anthropometrical measure assessment and an eight-items fitness test battery were administered to 61 puberal and adolescent female amateur horse riders. Subjects were evaluated within 3 weeks before (pre-tests) the period of training restrictions and on the first day of normal training after it (post-tests). Post-test results showed significant increases in body weight (Z -1.732; p value 0.001; ES -0.157) and BMI (F 9.918; p value 0.003; ES 0.146), whilst the performance in hand grip and abdominal strength, hip mobility, and 10 × 5 m Shuttle and Cooper 12 min tests' outcomes significantly decreased (F 29.779; p value 0.001 F 29.779; p value 0.001 F 29.779; p value 0.001 F 29.779; p value 0.001 F 29.779; p value 0.001, respectively). Correlation analysis revealed that riders' experience was significantly correlated with hand grip (p < 0.01), leg strength (p < 0.01), hip mobility (p < 0.05), and 5 × 10 m Shuttle (p < 0.01) and the Cooper 12 min (p < 0.01) test results. It could be suggested that equestrian activities could produce a higher fitness level in puberal and adolescent riders, whilst home-based, unsupervised, and unattentively planned training during the twelve weeks of training restrictions might be insufficient to maintain it.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Year:
2022
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Article
Affiliation country:
Ijerph19116394
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