الإنتاج البحثي لأعضاء هيئة التدريس بالكلية V.8 - Flipbook - Page 169
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(1) Hermassi S, Ketelhut S, Konukman F, Sellami M, Al-Marri S, Nigg CR, Schwesig R.
Comparative Analysis of Physical Activity, Performance-Related Health, and Academic
Achievements in 11-to-13-Year-Old Schoolchildren in Qatar. Healthcare (Basel). 2024 Mar
4;12(5):588. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12050588.
Age-related differences in physical activity (PA), maturity status (PHV), physical performance
(PP), and academic achievement (AA) among schoolchildren in Qatar were examined. Sixty-nine
students from a school in Doha were categorized into three equal (n = 23) groups: 11-year-old
students (U11; male: n = 14), 12-year-old students (U12: male: n = 7), and 13-year-old students
(U13: male: n = 11). Significant differences were noted in maturity status among age groups, and
the hand grip strength and agility T-half test were the PP parameters that exhibited the most
substantial differences between age groups. AA exhibited significant age-related differences
particularly, and mathematics showed large differences between adjacent age groups. However, the
highest MET-minutes/week values were calculated for the U11 (moderate) and U13 (vigorous,
walking, total) groups. However, this study offers insightful information that can be used to assess
students’ physical and intellectual performance. Particularly significant factors include the age
dependence, the interplay of many variables (anthropometric, physical, and academic
performance), and the longitudinal growth over a period of three years. These results therefore have
implications for scientists, trainers, and instructors of physical education who work with children,
especially regarding the different treatment of males and females in this age range. Future research
in this field is necessary for a deeper understanding of the relative significance of biological and
behavioral variables in the well-documented reduction in PA levels during adolescence. Therefore,
further studies at these ages with different samples would be interesting to pursue.
(2) Hermassi S, Ketelhut S, Konukman F, Ayari MA, Al-Marri S, Al Rawahi N, Bouhafs EG,
Nigg CR, Schwesig R. Differences in Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, Health-Related
Physical Performance Indices and Academic Achievement: A Comparative Study of NormalWeight and Obese Children in Qatar. J Clin Med. 2024 Feb 13;13(4):1057. doi:
10.3390/jcm13041057.
The relationship between physical activity (PA), health-related physical performance (PP), and
academic achievement (AA) plays an important role in childhood. This study examined the
differences in PA, sedentary behavior, health-related PP, maturity status, and AA between normalweight and obese school children in Qatar. Methods: Eighty schoolchildren were recruited (age:
12.1 ± 0.6 years). Based on age-specific BMI percentiles, the children were classified as normal
weight (n = 40) or obese (n = 40). This study investigated the differences in PA, PP, and AA among
BMI-stratified normal-weight and obese schoolchildren. Surprisingly, the children’s weight status
did not significantly affect their PP, AA, or PA levels. Descriptively, it was observed that obese
boys displayed higher levels of PP compared to their normal-weight peers, while, conversely,
normal-weight boys reported the highest AA. Future studies might consider employing the gold
standard for assessing body composition, while also incorporating additional variables such as
biological maturation status to further validate our observations and enhance accuracy. Despite the
lack of a definitive connection between weight status, PP, and AA, parents, schools, and physical
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