Efectos de un Programa de Actividad Física Basado en la Música Salsa, Sobre las Capacidades Físicas en Escolares de un Colegio de Bogotá

Abstract

In Colombia, one in six children and adolescents is overweight and obese; And Bogotá 55.3% of the people are physically inactive, 25.1% are physically active and 19.6% comply with the minimum physical activity, according to ENSIN 2010 (1) reports. For this reason, strategies have been developed by the World Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity (2), which developed several objectives, among others, to implement comprehensive programs that promote healthy school environments, physical activity in children and adolescents, and reduce sedentary behaviors. The objective of this research is to determine the effects of a training program in physical activity based on salsa dancing, on the physical abilities of some schoolchildren of an educational institution in Bogotá. Based on a non-randomized controlled study for a sample of 82 schoolchildren aged 11 to 15 years, we were assigned to an intervention group (dance class 41) control (Arts class 41). The effect of 24 intervention sessions with a salsa dance training program was evaluated, with the variables of anthropometric measurements (height, weight and BMI) and physical (balance, power, strength, resistance and flexibility) variables proposed for the battery EUROFIT. The results obtained in this study show an improvement in the intervention group in ten of the twelve variables analyzed, evidencing significant changes with a p <a 0.05 in the physical capacities of schoolchildren, additionally concluding that the physical activity program is A favorable strategy to improve the physical abilities of schoolchildren, which should be taken into account by other colleagues in the benefit of schoolchildren.