2023年体育中考应取消——基于科学研究证据上的共识和建议

2023年的体育中考是否应该取消是家长和学校所关心的一个问题。为科学准确地回答这个问题,对新型冠状病毒感染对儿童青少年健康和体能的影响以及感染后如何科学安全恢复运动的国内外科学研究和基于这些研究上的专家共识和科学声明进行检索和梳理。鉴于众多的中小学生被新冠病毒奥密克戎变异株感染,且其中大部分学生有发烧、肌肉酸痛、无力和嗜睡等症状,有不少学生可能会受到长新冠的影响,加上受疫情影响,学生的体能可能远低于疫情前同期水平,且没有足够时间让他们恢复,2023年中考的体育考试因此应取消。学校同时应遵循基于科学证据上的重返运动建议,科学安全地指导2023年体育课和疫情后学生体能恢复的开展。

2023's Middle-School Graduation Physical Education/Fitness Examination Should be Cancelled: Consensus and Recommendations Based on Scientific Evidences

"Should 2023''s middle-school graduation physical education/fitness examination be cancelled?" is a major question by both parents and schools. To accurately and scientifically answer this question, we conducted a thorough literature search and review on both the impact of COVID-19 virus infections on children and youth''s health and fitness, as well as related guidelines, consensus and scientific statements on how safely help them return to physical activities, training and sport competitions. Because the vast infections among children and youth by Omicron variant, many of them had moderate severity symptoms, some may have Long COVID, most of them were lack of systematic physical fitness training during the past three years, the 2023 examination should be cancelled with a focus on help children and youth gradually increase their physical activities and training, improve their physical fitness and safely return to play and sports through school physical education classes and programs.