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Physical Education, Exercise, Fitness and Sports: Early PM&R Leaders Build a Strong Foundation

The aim of this present study was to investigate an effect of acute exhaustive and moderate intensities exercises, exercise training and vitamin C supplementation on physiological change and rhinitis symptoms in allergic rhinitis patients. There were two studies: Study I : The subjects, aged18-45 years old, were divided into 2 groups: 14 healthy individuals and 13 allergic rhinitis (AR) patients. They were assigned to perform the strenuous exercise on treadmill by using Bruce protocol until they were exhausted. Two weeks later, they were assigned to perform a moderate exercise by walking on treadmill for 30 minutes at 65-70% of heart rate reserve (HRR). Study II: Twenty-seven volunteered patients with allergic rhinitis, aged 18-45 years old, were recruited. They were randomized into 3 groups: control group (CON; n=8), exercise group (EX; n=9) exercise combined with vitamin C group (EX + Vit. C; n=10). The exercise training protocol consisted of walking – running on a treadmill at 65-70% HRR, 30 minutes per session, 3 times a week. The EX + Vit. C group ingested vitamin C 2, 000 mg per day. Results of the study are as follow: Study I: After both acute exhaustive and moderate intensities exercises, volume of nasal inspiratory flow were increased but nasal congestion was decreased (p<.05). In addition, nasal blood flow was decreased after performing moderate exercise in both groups of subjects (p<.05). The ratio of IL-2 and IL-4 (IL-2/IL-4) after moderate exercise was significantly higher than exhaustive exercise in both the healthy and AR groups (p<0.05) Study II: After 8 weeks, malondialdehyde (MDA) levels of the both EX and EX + Vit. C were significantly lower than the CON group (p<.05). the both EX and EX + Vit. C had significantly lower in interleukin (IL)-4 levels but higher in IL-2 than the CON (p<.05). After nasal challenge by house dust mite (D.pteronyssinus), the percent difference of IL-4 and IL-13 were significantly lower but the percent difference of IL-2 were significantly higher in the both EX and EX + Vit C when compared with the CON (p<.05). For rhinitis symptoms, the percent difference of peak nasal inspiratory flow (PNIF) were significantly higher while nasal blood flow were significantly lower in the both EX and EX + Vit. C comparing to the CON (p<.05). Moreover, the both EX and EX + Vit. C had a significantly higher PNIF after nasal challenge 60 minutes comparing to pre-test (p<.05). The rhinitis symptoms score i.e. congestion, itching, sneezing, rhinorrhea and total symptoms at baseline and following nasal challenge were significantly decreased in the both EX and EX + Vit. C (p<.05). In conclusion, acute exhaustive and moderate intensities exercises increased peak nasal inspiratory flow and decreased nasal congestion in allergic rhinitis patients. But only moderate exercise also reduced nasal blood flow in allergic rhinitis patients. Eight weeks of moderate exercise training with and without vitamin C supplementation demonstrated improving cardiorespiratory fitness, attenuating the inflammatory response and reducing symptoms in patients with allergic rhinitis. Therefore, regularly moderate exercise training should be recommend for allergic rhinitis patients.

Introduction: Research has acknowledged the significance of parental attitudes toward physical education; however, their impact on children's participation in physical activities, both within and outside of school settings, has been explored only sporadically.Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the association between parental attitudes toward physical education and children’s physical activity participation in in-school and out-of-school contexts. Methods: This study utilized a comparative-correlational design, focusing on a sample of 239 male children aged between 10 and 13 years. The Physical Education Activity Attitude Scale was employed to evaluate the attitudes of parents towards physical education activities. Accelerometer device was used for measuring physical activity. Regression analysis was conducted for data analysis.Results: The children in this study participated in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity for an average of 19.57 minutes during school. Moreover, the average daily physical activity recorded for the children in this study was 41.04 minutes. Furthermore, the findings reveal a significant positive correlation between parental attitudes toward physical education with in-school physical activity (β=0.386, P<0.001), out-of-school physical activity (β=0.368, P<0.001), and the overall total physical activity (β=0.221, P<0.001). Conclusion: These results suggest that when parents exhibit a supportive and positive attitude towards physical education, it significantly enhances the physical activity levels of their children, both during school hours and in extracurricular settings. These findings suggest that encouraging parents to model positive attitudes and actively support their children’s physical activity may be one of the most effective strategies for increasing children’s overall participation in physical activity.

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The laboratory is the main means of learning contextual physics. The results of observations in high schools of Padang Pariaman Regency, West Sumatra, showed that the implementation of laboratory activities in learning physics was still low. An analysis was conducted to highlight the implementation of these laboratory activities in high school physics learning in terms of teachers’ and principals’ perceptions. Aspects that can be disclosed are a) the implementation of laboratory activities in terms of; availability of infrastructure and perceptions of teachers and school principals on laboratory activities, and b) the relationship between teachers’ and principals’ perceptions of laboratory activities in physical education. Sampling was done using the Cluster Random Sampling technique. The data obtained were described using the percent technique. The results of data analysis and processing concluded that a) in terms of the availability of facilities and infrastructure for the implementation of laboratory activities, the average was in the very low category (17.86%), b) The perception of teachers and principals on laboratory activities in physical learning was on average the same for the lower criteria (43.00%) and 45.20%); and c) data on the relationship between the perceptions of teachers and principals on laboratory activities is in a very strong (0.816) and strong (0.788) relationship with their respective contributions of 66.60% and 62.10%. In general, this analysis concludes that a very low percentage The implementation of laboratory activities is largely influenced by the low perception of teachers and principals’ perceptions of the role of laboratory activities in learning physics.

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Physical and sedentary activity in children and adolescents has immediate health benefits and can also set a pattern that carries over into adulthood, resulting in long-term health benefits. Activity levels in a free-living biracial sample of children and adolescents, ages 9-15 yr (N = 995), were examined using a 24-h recall instrument, the Self-Administered Physical Activity Checklist. Selected sedentary activities (television watching and video-/computergame playing) were also assessed. Overall, boys were more physically active than girls and engaged in more heavy physical activity, while girls reported a larger percentage of time spent in light and moderate physical activities. Gender and, to a lesser extent, ethnic differences were seen in the types of activities reported. Although most physical activity occurred after school, children who reported no physical education class during school had less physical activity overall. There was a decrease in moderate physical activity with increasing grade levels in school and an increase in sedentary behavior. Black children reported more sedentary activity than white children, and girls reported more than boys. Although this 24-h recall method has limitations, it allows characterization of the activity of groups of children and provides useful data for policy recommendations.

The purpose of the study was to investigate to what extent the physical activity pattern in adulthood can be predicted by physical characteristics, performance and activity in adolescence. A group of 62 men and 43 women completed a questionnaire concerning physical activity during their leisure time at the ages of 16 and 27 years. An activity index produced from the questionnaire. At the age of 16 years, the subjects were also tested for strength (strength test battery) and running performance (9-min run). Maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) was estimated from a submaximal test and a muscle biopsy specimen was taken and analysed for fibre types (percentages of types I, IIA, IIB). The proportion of subjects engaged in some kind of physical activity during their leisure time was approximately 70% among the women and 80% among the men at both ages. The time spent on physical activity (minutes per week) decreased with age for the men but not for the women. The women devoted less time to physical activity than the men both at age 16 and 27 years. The attitude to endurance activities had changed to a more positive attitude among the women and to a less positive attitude among the men at age 27 years. The aerobic potential (VO2max and percentage of type I fibre), running performance, strength performance, physical activity and marks in physical education at age 16 years explained 82% of the physical activity level in adulthood for the women and 47% for the men.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

<ns3:p>In human development, childhood is a crucial and significant stage where lifestyle plays an important role in children’s growth. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as obesity and type II diabetes, have been rated as the most dominant diseases in secondary schools in New Zealand (Healthy Active Living, 2008). Lower levels of participation in physical education led to students being disengaged, poor nutrition, and physical activity, eventually leading to them dropping out of school. The World Health Organization (WHO) highlighted that a lack of physical activity, exercise, and consumption of unhealthy food can increase lifestyle health issues in young adults. This research aims to understand students’ perspectives on cultural activity in Physical Education (PE) and how it improves students’ nutrition, physical activity, and health. Three secondary schools in Manawatu, New Zealand, were selected as part of this research. It was envisaged that students’ perspectives on cultural activities would affect health, obesity, nutrition, and physical activity. The card-sorting methodology was used to capture students’ experiences, and participants were asked to explain why they had chosen that particular response. The particular interest of this study was the students’ perception of the inclusion of cultural activities and how this improves their food intake, participation in physical activity, and obesity in PE. In analyzing these qualitative responses, Bernard (2005) offered a unique way of understanding the data by thematically analyzing students’ feelings and thoughts and then labelling them for common themes through the process of ‘open coding. The findings of this study support the idea that physical and cultural activities are associated with nutrition and are an important part of a healthy life. The inclusion of cultural, physical activity, and nutritional education in the PE curriculum could be beneficial for the New Zealand Ministry of Education.</ns3:p>

BackgroundExecutive functions underlie self-regulation and are thus important for physical activity and adaptation to new situations. The aim was to investigate, if yearlong physical and cognitive training (PTCT) had greater effects on physical activity among older adults than physical training (PT) alone, and if executive functions predicted physical activity at baseline, after six (6m) and twelve months (12m) of the interventions, one-year post-intervention follow-up and an extended follow-up during COVID-19 lockdown.MethodsData from a single-blinded, parallel-group randomized controlled trial (PASSWORD-study, ISRCTN52388040) were utilized. Participants were 70–85 years old community-dwelling men and women from Jyväskylä, Finland. PT (n = 159) included supervised resistance, walking and balance training, home-exercises and self-administered moderate activity. PTCT (n = 155) included PT and cognitive training targeting executive functions on a computer program. Physical activity was assessed with a one-item, seven-scale question. Executive functions were assessed with color-word Stroop, Trail Making Test (TMT) B-A and Letter Fluency. Changes in physical activity were modeled with multinomial logistic models and the impact of executive functions on physical activity with latent change score models.ResultsNo significant group-by-time interaction was observed for physical activity (p>0.1). The subjects were likely to select an activity category higher than baseline throughout the study (pooled data: B = 0.720–1.614, p<0.001–0.046). Higher baseline Stroop predicted higher physical activity through all subsequent time-points (pooled data: B = 0.011–0.013, p = 0.015–0.030). Higher baseline TMT B–A predicted higher physical activity at 6m (pooled data: B = 0.007, p = 0.006) and during COVID-19 (B = 0.005, p = 0.030). In the PT group, higher baseline Letter Fluency predicted higher physical activity at 12m (B = -0.028, p = 0.030) and follow-up (B = -0.042, p = 0.002).ConclusionsCognitive training did not have additive effects over physical training alone on physical activity, but multicomponent training and higher executive function at baseline may support adaptation to and maintenance of a physically active lifestyle among older adults.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the reproducibility of a self-administered questionnaire about present and past physical activities at work and during leisure time. The questionnaire, covering the period 1970-1993, comprised 12 questions on physical activities at work, and 12, with similar wording, for such activities in leisure time. There were also four questions on physical training. Two-week reproducibility (test-retest reliability) concerning the period 1970-1993 was analysed in a group of 44 subjects, and 1-year reproducibility, concerning current activities in 1993, was analysed in a second group of 123 subjects in relation to gender, age and low-back health. Test-retest reliability calculated as intraclass correlation coefficients (ri) for physical activities at work (ri 0.41-0.98) exceeded that for leisure time and physical training activities (ri 0.33-0.68). Calculated correlations did not differ markedly between past and present activities. No distinct influence of gender or low back health on 1-year reproducibility was found, in contrast to a slight tendency towards higher reproducibility among subjects of 50 years and older compared with younger subjects. Reproducibility of this questionnaire about physical activities at work showed no clear tendency to deteriorate regarding activities during the immediately preceding two decades. The questions about physical activities during leisure time have to be revised. Reliable retrospective information about physical activities in leisure time could perhaps not be collected by self-administered questionnaires and other methods, e.g. interview-based questionnaires, may be more suitable.

Background and Study Aim. The World Health Organization has recognized that insufficient physical activity is a serious public health problem. A large number of studies are devoted to improving livelihoods and increasing life expectancy of the population through the formation of guidelines for a healthy lifestyle. Regular physical activity is one of the most important components of maintaining health and healthy aging. Many European countries already have well-developed social programs to support physical activity among older people. This includes the organization of sporting events, financial support for clubs for seniors, as well as infrastructure that promotes an active lifestyle (active parks, walking and cycling paths, a sufficient number of swimming pools, etc.). Therefore, the purpose of the study was to identify the effectiveness of complex motor training on the morphofunctional and psycho-emotional state of elderly people from different countries of Europe and Asia. Material and Methods. The study involved 240 (30 men and 30 women each from Poland, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine) elderly people (the average age of the study participants was 68.24±3.01 years). The groups were homogeneous in age, gender, social status, interests, level of physical fitness, functionality and motivation. The study participants followed a developed physical activity program for older people. Classes lasted a year, 3 times a week, lasting 60 minutes each. The program included theoretical and practical parts. Theoretical material concerned the benefits of physical activity, motor mode and dosage of exercise for older people. The practical part included the most common types of physical education and health activities among older people (swimming, Nordic walking, health tourism). The study involved assessing the morphofunctional state of older people by determining body mass indexes, functional changes and Robinsonal, as well as the Skibinsky and Rufier tests, and the assessment of well-being, activity and mood (WAM) was carried out using a questionnaire Results. During the study, we measured morphofunctional indicators and determined the psycho-emotional state of elderly people from Poland, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine, who were engaged in a developed program using various types of physical activity, namely: swimming, Nordic walking, health tourism Conclusions. The results obtained indicate the effectiveness of using a comprehensive physical activity program among older women and men from different countries of Europe and Asia. All participants showed positive changes in all indicators. Minor changes over the course of a year of training according to the developed program in the indicators of the morphofunctional and psycho-emotional state of elderly people from Poland indicate that a healthy lifestyle is being popularized in the European Union country and conditions are being created for regular physical activity of the population, including older people.