Volume 27, Issue 136, June 2023

The consequence of deconditioning on the levels of physical fitness in healthy school going children

Dhwani Chanpura^1♦, Kumar GP²

¹Assistant Professor, College of Physiotherapy, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth Deemed-to-be-University, Piparia, Waghodia Road, Vadodara-391760, Gujarat, India
²Dean, College of Physiotherapy, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth Deemed-to-be-University, Piparia, Waghodia Road, Vadodara-391760, Gujarat, India

^♦Corresponding author
Assistant Professor, College of Physiotherapy, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth Deemed-to-be-University, Piparia, Waghodia Road, Vadodara-391760, Gujarat, India

ABSTRACT

Background: Physical inactivity (PI) and sedentary behaviours (SB) play a significant impact in health-related risks and the development of chronic diseases. Evidence suggests that a majority of elementary school children do not receive health instruction during school because of that the levels of physical fitness have reduced. Methodology: In this observational study, total of 119 normal school going children of aged 11-16 years were randomly selected. Baseline assessment were done of all the children’s and after that, they performed a battery of tests which assess their physical fitness levels. Result: The results of all the physical fitness assessment tests have showed significant reduction in the physical fitness levels as compared to the normal peers. Among all the tests, girls performed better with flexibility test and boys performed better in muscular endurance and core strength. Conclusion: All the test results showed reduction in fitness levels when compared it with the peer age normal school going children. So, emphasis should be made in schools for incorporation of physical activity session in routine schedule.

Keywords: School going children, physical activity levels, cardio respiratory fitness

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e272ms3069

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v27i136/e272ms3069

Published: 23 June 2023