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Comuni@cción

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FLORES PAREDES, Alcides. Effects of the physical activity and sports program on medical students. Comuni@cción [online]. 2020, vol.11, n.2, pp.142-152. ISSN 2219-7168.  http://dx.doi.org/10.33595/2226-1478.11.2.456.

The stage of life in the university is where healthy and harmful habits are structured in university students; the practice of physical activity and sports is essential in the body. The objective was to determine the effects of the physical activity and sports program in medical students of the National University of the Altiplano. Quantitative research method, applied type, with pre-experimental design, the population consisted of a total of 45 students, with a non-probabilistic sample of (18 women with age 20.40 ± (SD) 1.34 and 27 men with 21.89 ± (SD) 2.62). The instruments used were the questionnaires of physical activity and predisposition to sports workshops, anthropometric measurements (height and weight) and physical condition tests were applied. Results of women before BMI 23.39 ± 1.67, after 23.15 ± 1.47, in the flexibility test before 22.39 ± 8.14 vs 23.05 ± 7.95 p <0.002; the male BMI before 23.79 ± 3.27, after 23.50 ± 3.02, in the flexibility test 18.85 ± 7.36 vs 19.07 ± 7.10 p <0.031, the level of physical activity was increased from low to moderate. It is concluded that there are significant effects of the physical activity and sports program in the decrease in BMI and improvements in physical condition.

Palabras clave : Physical activity; sports and healthy life.

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