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Evaluations of Muscular Strength, Ability to Balance and Health Status in Prisoners during COVID-19

Recent events in prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic showed how the health situation and overcrowding in prisons are a source of high risk to the health and physical and mental well-being of the prison population and how this has become an important medical problem. The original purpose of this stu...

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Autores principales: Moffa, Stefano, Perna, Angelica, Cattolico, Alessandro, Sellitto, Carmine, Ascione, Antonio, Tafuri, Domenico, Guerra, Germano, Lucariello, Angela
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8072899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33921737
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084316
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author Moffa, Stefano
Perna, Angelica
Cattolico, Alessandro
Sellitto, Carmine
Ascione, Antonio
Tafuri, Domenico
Guerra, Germano
Lucariello, Angela
author_facet Moffa, Stefano
Perna, Angelica
Cattolico, Alessandro
Sellitto, Carmine
Ascione, Antonio
Tafuri, Domenico
Guerra, Germano
Lucariello, Angela
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description Recent events in prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic showed how the health situation and overcrowding in prisons are a source of high risk to the health and physical and mental well-being of the prison population and how this has become an important medical problem. The original purpose of this study, which was initially planned to last 6 months, was to examine the effects of a training program on cardio-respiratory capacity, resistance to dynamic strength of the upper and lower body and muscle mass. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the purpose was subsequently modified by highlighting whether and which deficiencies occurred as a result of the absence of physical activity. Forty adult men between 35 and 55 years of age with more than 1 year of detention were selected and randomly divided into two groups: the experimental group and control group. The fitness training protocol of the experimental group consisted of three weekly sessions lasting 90 min, while control group subjects followed a walk of 30–60 min three days a week without running or resistance training. The unpaired and paired t-tests revealed significant effects of both health status and fitness level (p < 0.05; p < 0.01) on group training. The results of this research show that prisoners can improve their fitness and health through participation in physical education programs. This conclusion is especially important for prisoners who have to serve very long prison sentences and who are at great risk of showing poor physical condition levels.
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spelling pubmed-80728992021-04-27 Evaluations of Muscular Strength, Ability to Balance and Health Status in Prisoners during COVID-19 Moffa, Stefano Perna, Angelica Cattolico, Alessandro Sellitto, Carmine Ascione, Antonio Tafuri, Domenico Guerra, Germano Lucariello, Angela Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Recent events in prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic showed how the health situation and overcrowding in prisons are a source of high risk to the health and physical and mental well-being of the prison population and how this has become an important medical problem. The original purpose of this study, which was initially planned to last 6 months, was to examine the effects of a training program on cardio-respiratory capacity, resistance to dynamic strength of the upper and lower body and muscle mass. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the purpose was subsequently modified by highlighting whether and which deficiencies occurred as a result of the absence of physical activity. Forty adult men between 35 and 55 years of age with more than 1 year of detention were selected and randomly divided into two groups: the experimental group and control group. The fitness training protocol of the experimental group consisted of three weekly sessions lasting 90 min, while control group subjects followed a walk of 30–60 min three days a week without running or resistance training. The unpaired and paired t-tests revealed significant effects of both health status and fitness level (p < 0.05; p < 0.01) on group training. The results of this research show that prisoners can improve their fitness and health through participation in physical education programs. This conclusion is especially important for prisoners who have to serve very long prison sentences and who are at great risk of showing poor physical condition levels. MDPI 2021-04-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8072899/ /pubmed/33921737 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084316 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084316
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