A prática de atividades físicas e o uso de recursos ergogênicos por Policiais Militares da 5° CIPM de Tocantinópolis - TO, antes e durante a pandemia da COVID-19

Abstract

The study was carried out with the following objectives: to verify the practice of physical exercises and the use of ergogenic resources by military police officers of the 5th CIPM

of Tocantinópolis-TO. The study is characterized as quantitative, descriptive and cross- sectional. For the study, a convenience sample of military police officers was used,

totaling 16 police officers at the end of the sample. The inclusion and exclusion criteria were: those who accepted the invitation to participate in the research, were at least 25 years old, men and women, and had at least one year with the corporation, the research did not have any loss or withdrawal from the volunteers. The research instrument used was: a mixed questionnaire, with open and closed questions, where the questions were about physical activity practices and the use of ergogenic resources. For data analysis, the program Microsoft Excel version (2016) was used. The results showed the moderate prevalence of physical activity practice and the use of ergogenic resources by military police officers, before and during the covid-19 pandemic, not impacting the operational work developed by them. Thus, it is concluded that, despite the atypical moment of the covid-19 pandemic, physical activity practices and the use of ergogenic resources remained at a good level, capable of meeting the operational work needs that are extremely important for physical performance and cognitive skills inherent in a military police officer. Having these results, comparative studies against the internal TAF of the military police are also necessary, to compare the data before and after the physical test, in order to obtain a more conditioned and complete response.