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Medicina dello Sport 2021 March;74(1):75-85

DOI: 10.23736/S0025-7826.21.03804-7

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language: English, Italian

Assessment of the level of physical activity of Algerian athletes during confinement (COVID-19) and Ramadan fasting

Chiha FOUAD ¹, Chebbah M. KHAIREDDINE ¹ ✉, Fillali RAYANE ¹, Houar ABDELATIF ^{2, 3}, Ouddai SYPHAX ¹, Benkara YASSINE ¹

¹ Laboratory of analysis and Expertise of Sports Performance, Institute of Science and Technology of Physical and Sports Activities, Abdelhamid Mehri University, Constantine, Algeria; ² Laboratory for Optimizing Research Programs on Physical and Sports Activities, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ghardaïa, ISTAPS, Mostaganem, Algeria; ³ University of Mostaganem, Mostaganem, Algeria

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to measure the impact of the confinement imposed after the COVID-19 pandemic associated with fasting during Ramadan on the level of physical activity of Algerian athletes.
METHODS: Revealed higher scores for individual sport athletes and professional athletes compared to amateurs were considered. Elite athletes, including professionals and individual women, managed their training at home under the guidance of a coach with the addition of an online application for internationals.
RESULTS: One third (33.96%) of athletes work at half of what they did before, while women and paradoxically internationals work more at much lower training loads. The majority of athletes (63.01%) work on running and strength-building exercises.
CONCLUSIONS: The results obtained differ according to the nature of the sport discipline, the gender and the level of sport practice. Specialists and officials are questioned on the issue within the framework of a consensus for a better resumption of training and especially competitions.

KEY WORDS: COVID-19; Education; Quarantine; Sports; Fasting