Levels of Flexibility and Habitual Physical Activity in High School Schools

The objective of this study was to evaluate the level of flexibility and the level of habitual physical activity in high school students in the cities of Teresina and União, Piauí. A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out, consisting of a sample of 105 schoolchildren aged 15 to 17 years of age in both genders, 55 high school students from Zacarias de Góis state college (Piauí high school) in Teresina-pi and 50 Filinto Rêgo school unit, located in the center of the city of Union-Piauí. To verify the flexibility of the students, the sit-and-reach flexibility test of the Brazilian sport project test and evaluation manual (2016) was applied. To verify the habitual physical activity level, the questionnaire in order to verify the economic class, it was used the questionnaire determined by the Brazilian economic classification criterion, proposed by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics by the national association of research companies. Analyzing the results, it is possible to verify that, 83 students are considered in the healthy zone, being 47% female and 53% male. Of the 22 students who are in the risk zone, 72.7% are female and only 27.3% are males, indicating that as the level of physical activity increases, the level of flexibility of the students is improved. significant difference (p <0.05). Most high school students presented levels of flexibility within the healthy zone and are moderately physically active.