Activity Profile of Indian College Students Jayati Sen; Sambar Sensarma
International journal of applied sports sciences : IJASS,
12/2004, Letnik:
16, Številka:
2
Journal Article
This crossectional study involved college attending students in India to analyze their various activity status. It was noted that, among 600 participants in each sex, 6.3% of males and 30.5% of ...females never participated in sporting activities. Carom was the most famous sporting activity and television viewing was found to be the most popular leisure activity, whereas cycling and walking were noted to be the most favorite daily activity. Knitting, toy making and singing were reported to be least popular leisure activity. Time spent weekly for sporting activities was observed to be higher in males than females. No female participant was found to spend greater than 10 hours/week for sporting activities. Load of daily domestic activities was carried out by female predominantly. Television viewing should be avoided as a leisure time activity otherwise in future this habit might cause ill effects on health, like increment of body fat, metal retardation, lack of creative mood etc.
Data from the Augsburg Survey 1984-1985 of the WHO-project Monitoring Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Disease (MONICA), a cross-sectional study on a two-stage cluster sample (n = 5312) of ...the 25-64-year-old population of the Augsburg study area, were analyzed with regard to alcohol consumption and blood pressure. Putative confounders such as age, body mass index, smoking, sporting activity and educational attainment were controlled for by multiple regression analyses. The main effect models showed that men aged 25-64 years consuming greater than or equal to 80 g alcohol per day had, on average, 3-11 mmHg higher systolic blood pressure (SBP) values and 2-6 mmHg higher diastolic blood pressure (DBP) values compared with non-drinkers. Women consuming greater than or equal to 40 g alcohol per day showed consistently higher SBP (2-6 mmHg) and DBP (1-5 mmHg) values compared with non-drinkers. In the group aged 55-64 years, no clear relationship was seen for SBP or DBP in men or women. Multiple regression models, allowing for interactions between alcohol consumption and the four behavioural variables: smoking, sporting activity; coffee consumption; and type A/B behaviour, showed a consistent interaction between alcohol consumption and smoking in men and women. Smoking modified the effect of alcohol on SBP and DBP in men by 2-8 mmHg and in women by 1-14 mmHg. These findings confirm those obtained for women in previous studies in Munich and Lübeck. Interactions between alcohol and sporting activity, coffee consumption and type A/B behaviour are less consistent.
This study was designed to evaluate, in a cohort of 1039 middle-aged men, the interaction between the duration and intensity of physical activity performed either during leisure time (competitive ...sports, walking, cycling) or work, and principal coronary disease risk factors.
A cohort of subjects aged 45-64 years were recruited in 1993. Subjects included both individuals who were physically active and those who were sedentary, and were age-matched.
Leisure time physical activity was inversely related to levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, and fibrinogen, and to diastolic and systolic blood pressure. High-density lipoprotein cholesterol level was directly related to leisure time activity. Working activity, even if strenuous, was not related to risk profile. Leisure time activity did not favorably influence lipid levels in smokers, obese subjects or those with known dyslipidemia.
This study further reinforces the use of continuous diet and drug treatment in dyslipidemic subjects and in smokers, who have to refrain from smoking if they are to benefit fully from the effects of physical activity.
All the male students in a high school in Brescia, North Italy (about 195,000 inhabitants) in Grades 9 through 13 were given a self-administered anonymous questionnaire during school time. Among the ...1,462 students who filled in a valid questionnaire, 29.1 % claimed to practice one or more sports regularly (at least 4 hours/week for 9 months/ year or more), 30.2% practice sports occasionally, and 40.7% no sports at all. The percentage of current smokers (at least one cigarette a month) increased from 9th grade (11.1%) to 10th (13.2%), 11th (15.2%), 12th (27.7%), and 13th (23.7%) grade. The percentage of smokers showed a steady linear increase from the lowest to the highest grade in students practicing no or occasional activity but no increase in those who regularly practice sports. Students' smoking was negatively associated with the regular practice of sports among 12th-13th grade students.
En este artículo pretendemos mostrar cómo a través de un proyecto de convivencia podemos motivar al alumnado hacia la práctica de actividades físicas, garantizando la participación activa de todos al ...optimizar los espacios que conforman el patio de recreo. Para ello partimos del proyecto de convivencia Optimización lúdica y regulación de la convivencia en el patio de recreo, que se está desarrollando en la actualidad en el Centro de Educación Infantil y Primaria Mercedes Medina Díaz de Lanzarote (Canarias). La realización de actividades físico-deportivas en un marco de convivencia multirracial garantiza la posibilidad de continuar educando al alumnado durante el recreo en valores para el desarrollo personal y social, tan necesarios en la sociedad actual. Además contamos con el carácter intrínseco de los juegos, es decir, jugar por jugar, lo que conlleva que el alumnado esté inmerso en su propio aprendizaje sin ser consciente de ello a través de situaciones lúdicas contextualizadas, facilitando así la elaboración y desarrollo de tareas competenciales, fundamentadas en la adquisición de las competencias básicas.
L’article pose la question des disparités spatiales des pratiques sportives. Quels sont les facteurs et les logiques qui président à la distribution des sports dans l’espace ? À travers l’exemple du ...football, du basket et du rugby, la structure spatiale du sport dans les Pays de la Loire est esquissée et permet de présenter le rôle de trois déterminants principaux. À la démographie, premier discriminant de la pratique, viennent s’ajouter l’émulation spatiale née de la proximité d’un club du plus haut niveau ainsi que des interventions politiques qui, à des intensités différentes, comportent une part de l’explication.
This article raises the question of the space disparities of the sporting activity. Which factors and logics explain the distribution of the sports in space ? Through the example of football, basket-ball and rugby, the spatial structure is presented and the influence of three principal determinants is analysed. Demography is the first discriminant. The space emulation of the proximity of a club of high level and political interventions influence, with different intensities, space distribution too.
A longitudinal study was conducted to determine the physical maturity characteristics of athletes engaged in the following extracurricular sports activities over the three-year junior high school ...period: basketball (N=40), baseball (N=130), volleyball (N=54), soccer (N=86) and a non-athletic group (N=37) which did not participate in sports. Each athlete's maturity was determined from the age of maximum increment in height (MIA) of each individual. Longitudinal stature measurements were recorded annually in April for 12 years period from 6 to 18 years of age. The study yielded the following results: 1. The MIA distributions of all the sporting groups were distinctly larger than that of the non-athletic group, increasing with each chronological age step on the distance curve and annual increase in height curve. The MIA mean value for the soccer group was significantly higher (P<0.05) than those of the non-athletic and all the other sporting groups. 2. The soccer group was significantly slighter (P<0.05) in stature than all the other sporting groups. 3. Subjects who played baseball throughout high school reached physical maturity earlier than those who only played throughout junior high school. However, those who continued to play soccer throughout high school reached maturity later than those who only played throughout junior high school.
Étudier le retentissement d’une pratique physique et sportive régulière sur l’autonomie et la qualité de vie du paraplégique tunisien.
L’étude porte sur 25 paraplégiques divisés en deux groupes : dix ...paraplégiques sportifs et 15 paraplégiques sédentaires chez lesquels on a procédé à une évaluation du degré d’autonomie par l’échelle de mesure de l’indépendance fonctionnelle et la qualité de vie par le questionnaire de qualité de vie SF36 dans sa version traduite en arabe.
L’analyse des résultats montre une différence significative du score global de la mesure de l’indépendance fonctionnelle entre les deux groupes, les paraplégiques sportifs ayant développé une meilleure autonomie aux activités de la vie quotidienne affichant un score total moyen de 115,10 contre 93,87 (
p
<
0,001). Une différence significative est notée, principalement dans les rubriques « soins personnels » et « mobilité ». Concernant le volet « qualité de vie », les scores des différentes dimensions de l’échelle SF36 étaient supérieurs chez les paraplégiques sportifs avec une différence significative pour les items douleur (
p
<
0,01), vitalité (
p
<
0,04) et le score physique globale (
p
<
0,008).
Cette étude nous a permis de montrer que l’activité physique et sportive régulière avait un effet positif aussi bien sur l’optimisation des capacités fonctionnelles du paraplégique que sur l’amélioration de sa qualité de vie, favorisant ainsi une meilleure réinsertion socioprofessionnelle.
To assess the effect of regular physical activity on the autonomy and the quality of life of Tunisian patients with spinal cord injury.
The study relates to 25 paraplegic divided into two groups: 10 paraplegic sportsmen and 15 sedentary paraplegics among whom we assess the degree of the autonomy with the Functional Independence Measure and the quality of life with the quality of life questionnaire SF36 in its Arabic version.
The result analysis shows a significant difference of the total score of the Functional Independence Measure between the two groups, the sporting paraplegic having developed a better autonomy on the daily activities than the nonsporting paraplegics with a total average score of 115.10 against 93.87 (
p
<
0.001). A significant difference is noted, mainly in the headings “personal care” and ‘,“mobility”. Concerning the shutter “quality of life”, the scores of various dimensions of scale SF36 were higher in the sporting paraplegic with significant difference in the headings bodily pain (
p
<
0.01), vitality (
p
<
0.04) and global physical score (
p
<
0.008).
This study enabled us to show that the regular physical activity as well had a positive effect on optimization of the functional capacities of paraplegic as on the improvement of its quality of life, thus, supporting a better socioprofessional reintegration.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of physical capacity in a female hospital population of Paris and its suburbs. A total of 1505 women working in the selected departments filled in a ...questionnaire concerning their working conditions, life habits and health and also attended a medical examination. The effort test performed consisted in flexing the legs 20 times with the chest held straight, in 40 s. The heart rates were measured for the first, the second and the third minutes of recovery (first 15 s multiplied by 4). The blood pressure was measured just after the heart rate, for the first and the third minute. Recovery indices have been constituted from the results. The respective weights of anthropometric and sociodemographic risk factors for recovery indices were studied in multiple logistic regression models. The classification enables us to consider about 25%-30% of our population as having a satisfactory physical capacity, about 26%-27% as having an acceptable capacity, and about 24%-27% as having a weak capacity. About 21% of the population presented an excessive pressure reaction and 44% a questionable pressure reaction. Our results concerning the level of physical capacity of the female nursing staff should be taken into account especially in the future planning of work loads and architectural choices, which must avoid excessive physical burdens in relation to this level. An improvement in the level of physical capacity could be envisaged as well.
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