Players at home: Physical activity and quality of life in 12-17 years-old football (soccer) players during the Covid-19 lockdown.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Aggressive preventive actions were required to face the Covid-19 outbreak. However, from March 2020 on, many healthy youth football players have seen their sporting activities disrupted by the restrictions on outdoor exercise.This study describes physical activity and quality of life during April 2020 lockdown of young people participating in organized football.

Methods

1163 young football players aged 12-17 years (185 girls) completed a web-based questionnaire including the Youth Physical Activity and the Youth Quality of Life-Short Form Questionnaires; information on lifestyle and football-specific activity were also collected. Differences according to sex, urban/rural context and élite/non-élite club level were tested using a 2 × 2  ×  2 MANOVA (age considered

SUBMITTER: Zago M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9086221 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature