Comparison of Fitness Between Elderly People Who Could and Those Who Could Not Exercise Due to Voluntary Stay-At-Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic after 4 Years in Participants of a Fitness Assessment Event
【Supercategory：7. DESCENTE SPORTS SCIENCE Subcategory：7.45 Vol.46】
ABSTRACT
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the decrease in physical activities due to voluntary or involuntary stay-at-home to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on fitness of elderly people after the pandemic. The subjects were 414 elderly people （74 males and 340 females） who participated in a fitness-assessment event in October 2023, in which they underwent fitness tests and answered a questionnaire about physical activities during the pandemic. There were no significant differences in the mean values of fitness test results between those who decreased and those who maintained the activity level during the pandemic. This suggests that the participants may have incurred a temporary decline in fitness due to voluntary restriction of outing during the pandemic but recovered half a year after the reclassification of COVID-19 as a Class V infectious disease.
DECENTE SPORTS SCIENCE Vol.46/The DESCENTE AND ISHIMOTO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION SPORTS SCIENCE
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the decrease in physical activities due to voluntary or involuntary stay-at-home to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on fitness of elderly people after the pandemic. The subjects were 414 elderly people （74 males and 340 females） who participated in a fitness-assessment event in October 2023, in which they underwent fitness tests and answered a questionnaire about physical activities during the pandemic. There were no significant differences in the mean values of fitness test results between those who decreased and those who maintained the activity level during the pandemic. This suggests that the participants may have incurred a temporary decline in fitness due to voluntary restriction of outing during the pandemic but recovered half a year after the reclassification of COVID-19 as a Class V infectious disease.
DECENTE SPORTS SCIENCE Vol.46/The DESCENTE AND ISHIMOTO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION SPORTS SCIENCE
| Researcher | Misaka Kimura*1, Yosuke Yamada*2, Tsukasa Yoshida*2 |
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| University or institution | *1 Kyoto University of Advanced Science, *2 National Institute of Health and Nutrition, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition Institute for Active Health, Kyoto University of Advanced Science |
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic, physical activities, living with coronavirus, fitness