Physical performance of military personnel before and during the Covid-19 pandemic

Autor: Jéssica Alves do Amaral, Ana Maria Pujol Vieira dos Santos
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Revista Brasileira de Ciências do Esporte, Vol 43 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2179-3255
DOI: 10.1590/rbce.43.e003221
Popis: ABSTRACT This investigation aimed to compare the level of physical performance of the military of the 3rd Military Police Battalion before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The participants were 82 military personnel (76 men) who were submitted to the Physical Fitness Test (PFT) in November 2019 and repeated it in September 2020. The 12-minute and VO2max tests were selected for cardiorespiratory evaluation and push-ups and sit-up tests to assess localized muscle resistance. The results showed a decrease in the performance of these soldiers, both in cardiorespiratory variables and in localized muscular resistance (p ≤ 0.05). The pandemic may have negatively influenced the physical performance of the military.
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