The effect of 8 weeks of cardio kickboxing exercises on cardiorespiratory endurance, body composition, quality of life and sleep quality of male students living in dormitories

چکیده

Background & Aim: This study aimed to investigate the effect of cardio kickboxing workouts on cardiorespiratory endurance, body composition, quality of life, and sleep quality of young male students living in dormitories. Methods: The research method was a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design with a control group. To carry out this research, 20 male students in the Allameh Tabatabaei University dormitory were randomly selected and divided into two experimental and control groups, each group consisting of 10 people. In order to determine cardiorespiratory endurance, body composition, quality of life, and sleep quality, Queen''''''''s College Step Test (QCT), body fat percent using calipers, 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey questionnaire (SF-36), and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were employed, respectively. Results: Based on the analysis of covariance of the data related to pretest and posttest of the two experimental and control groups, the data of four variables of fat percentage, cardiorespiratory endurance, quality of life, and sleep quality in the posttest were significantly different between the two groups that this statistical test was conducted at a significance level of P = 0.05. Conclusion: It appears that cardio kickboxing workouts have a positive impact on the health of male students in dormitories.