Comparison of performance and anthropometric parameters in paediatric competitive athletes during COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/61988987:17110/23:A2402L0V RIV/61989592:15110/23:73619003 RIV/61989592:15510/23:73619003

Result on the web

<a href="https://cejph.szu.cz/artkey/cjp-202301-0006_comparison-of-performance-and-anthropometric-parameters-in-paediatric-competitive-athletes-during-covid-19-pand.php" target="_blank" >https://cejph.szu.cz/artkey/cjp-202301-0006_comparison-of-performance-and-anthropometric-parameters-in-paediatric-competitive-athletes-during-covid-19-pand.php</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a7484" target="_blank" >10.21101/cejph.a7484</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Comparison of performance and anthropometric parameters in paediatric competitive athletes during COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic

Original language description

Objectives: In 2020, measures against the spread of COVID-19 were adopted, including nationwide school closures, restrictions on the free movement of persons and leisure time sports activities. The aim was to assess the impact of COVID-19-associated restrictions on the performance of paediatric and adolescent competitive athletes by comparing basic anthropometric and performance parameters. Methods: The sample comprised 389 participants (115 girls, 274 boys). All participants were examined during regular preventive sports health checks from September to November 2019 and a year later. At the initial examination, the mean age of the entire sample was 12.2 ± 2.7 years (median 12.0, minimum 7.0; maximum 17.0). The examination consisted of a complete medical history and physical examination including maximal exercise testing on a leg cycle ergometer. Results: In the entire sample, as well as in the boy and girl subgroups, body height, weight, body mass index (BMI), BMI percentile, and power output significantly increased according to a percentile graph for boys and girls in 2020. A reduction in power output (W/kg) was found. By 2020, W/kg dropped in 56.4% of the youngest participants (7-13 years), 75% of those aged 14-16 years and 64.9% of the oldest individuals (16-17 years). The percentage of the youngest children with power output reductions was statistically significantly lower than the percentages of the other age subgroups (p = 0.007). There were no significant differences in results between genders. Conclusions: Performance and anthropometric parameters worsened especially among older children. This should be reflected when planning epidemic measures in case of any similar situation in the future.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30304 - Public and environmental health

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Central European journal of public health

ISSN

1210-7778

e-ISSN

1803-1048

Volume of the periodical

31

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

38-42

UT code for WoS article

000982296500006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85153549808