Publications (13)
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), Activités physique sportives et artistiques de Tradition et Promotion des Identités Culturelles au Burkina Faso, ISSN 2958-7999, Vol. 4 (1), Journal of the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO.
Boureïma Coulibaly1& Arnaud Sow2
Les Activités Physiques Sportives et Artistiques (APSA) de tradition sont des pratiques corporelles présentes dans toutes les communautés à travers les cultures au Burkina Faso. Etant donné que chaque culture a ses habitudes, sa manière d’éduquer le corps et l’esprit, la diversité culturelle du Burkina Faso liée à la multiplicité des groupes e(...)
APSA, Tradition, Promotion, Cultural Identities, Burkina Faso
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The Global Observatory for Physical Activity (GoPA!) and Global Observatory for Physical Education (GoPE!) 2025 Country Cards /Results from Burkina Faso’s 2025 GoPA! Country Card
Amidou Sawadogo, Brahima Ouedraogo, Juliana Mejía-Grueso, Andrea Ramírez Varela
Background: Burkina Faso faces a growing burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which account for 45.5% of all deaths. Physical inactivity is recognized as a major and modifiable risk factor for these diseases. Promoting physical activity has therefore become a public health imperative. The efforts of the Global Observatory for Physical Ac(...)
Physical Activity, Burkina Faso, GoPA!, Country Card 2025
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The Global Observatory for Physical Activity (GoPA!) and Global Observatory for Physical Education (GoPE!) 2025 Country Cards/ Results from Burkina Faso’s 2025 GoPE! Country Card
Brahima Ouedraogo, Amidou Sawadogo
Background: Since the late 1980s, Burkina Faso has considered physical education (PE) as one of the means to achieve the general objectives of education. To this end, it has been integrated into schooling from preschool to high school. Since then, it has always been regarded as a teaching subject, and its content has evolved in line with ongoi(...)
Physical Education, Burkina Faso, GoPE!, Country Card 2025
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Overweight students in post-primary and secondary schools in burkina faso: pedagogical strategies for addressing this issue during practical physical education and sports sessions
Ouambi Charles ZONGO 1, Amidou SAWADOGO 2 and Koama TIENE 1
This study examines the pedagogical differentiation implemented by PE teachers in the context of the care of overweight students at PE sessions. The main objective of our study was to establish a typology of didactic- pedagogical practices implemented by PE teachers in the context of the care of overweight students. To do this, we postulated t(...)
Overweight; Teaching Strategies; Physical and Sports Education; Teaching-Learning
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Effects of an Outdoor Physical Exercise Program on the Quality of Life of Women Weavers of Faso Danfani in the City of Ouagadougou
Amidou Sawadogo1, Brigitte Nana1, Brahima Ouédraogo2, Kadidiatou Bamba1, Marthe Sandrine Sanon Lompo3
This present study aimed to evaluate the impact of an outdoor physical exercise program on the quality of life of women weavers in Faso Danfani. This is an 8-week intervention study without a control group, involving 30 female weavers with a mean age of 46.3 ± 8.8 years. The participants provided their consent and took part in a program to pre(...)
Outdoor Physical Exercise, Quality of Life, Occupational Risks, Weavers of Faso Danfani, Burkina Faso
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Lifestyle components associated with arterial hypertension among elderly people in the city of Ouagadougou
Amidou Sawadogo, Brahima Ouédraogo, Delphine Ouédraogo and Samuel Kalmogo
Arterial hypertension (AH) is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease in Africa. Like other developing countries, Burkina Faso is facing the emergence of this condition. Our study aimed to identify the lifestyle factors associated with AH in elderly people in the city of Ouagadougou. This descriptive cross-sectional survey took pl(...)
Lifestyle; Prevalence; Hypertension; Chronic Desease Prevention; Elderly; Ouagadougou
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Analysis of Physical Ability Tests in the Recruitment Process of Civil Servants in Burkina Faso
Amidou Sawadogo1*, Brigitte Nana1, Brahima Ouédraogo2, Marthe Sandrine Sanon Lompo3
Physical fitness is an essential criterion of hiring in many physical demanding
jobs. The purpose of this study is to analyze physical ability tests used in the
recruitment process of civil servants in Burkina Faso. Sixty-seven administrative
documents dealing with physical fitness tests, consisting of communiqués,
orders, decrees and laws(...)
Physical Ability Test, Physical Fitness, Civil Servant Recruitment, Active Job, Burkina Faso
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PRACTICE OF ADAPTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG SICKLE CELL PATIENTS AT THE SAINT CAMILLE HOSPITAL IN OUAGADOUGOU (HOSCO)
SAWADOGO Amidou 1 , KOUSSE Dramane 2 , OUBIDA Angèle 3 , GANDEMA Salifou
Objective: Sickle cell disease is a public health problem in Burkina Faso in terms of the physical, social and economic consequences it causes. The objective of this research is to take stock of the practice of adapted physical activity (APA) among sickle cell patients at the Saint Camille Hospital in Ouagadougou. Material and method: we carri(...)
State of play; practice; adapted physical activity; sickle-cell anemia; Saint Camille Hospital in Ouagadougou
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Effects of Hydration Strategies on Physical Test Performance in Elite Youth Footballers
Brahima Ouedraogo1, Simplice Innocent Moussouami2, Kiki Djivoh Sidonie Mahougnon3, Issiako Bio Nigan3orcid, Amidou Sawadogo4
Background: Playing football in a hot, humid environment increases the risk of dehydration in youth footballers, which can adversely affect their performance. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of hydration strategies on physical test performance in youth elite football players in Benin. Methods: Thirty-two youth footballers (18.(...)
Performance Analysis of Sport, Hydration, Environments, Youth, Football, Male
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Connaissances et pratiques des doctorants en medecine de l’Université Joseph Ki ZERBO sur le dopage dans le sport, Burkina Faso, 2023
Abdoul Rahamane CISSE1, Daouda ZANGRE1, Fulgence KABORE2, Joelle Wendlassida Stéphanie ZABSONRE-TIENDREBEOGO2, Dieu-Donné OUEDRAOGO2
Introduction : Le dopage fait partie des fléaux qui minent le sport mondial. Le rôle des médecins dans la lutte antidopage est unanimement. D’où l’intérêt d’évaluer les connaissances et les pratiques des doctorants en médecine de l’Université Joseph KI-ZERBO sur l’utilisation du dopage dans le sport.
Matériels et méthodes : Il s’est agi d’une(...)
dopage ; connaissance ; pratique ; étudiant ; Ouagadougou
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Lower Back Pain among Senior Handball Players in Burkina Faso
Sawadogo Amidou, Nana Brigitte, Zongo Delwendé Mireille, Ouedraogo Brahima and Tiaho Yirozounlomian Eric
This study aimed to study low back pain in senior handball players in the city of Ouagadougou. One hundred and eighty (180) active handball players with an average age of 26 (±2.9) years, holders of federal licenses from the various handball clubs in the city of Ouagadougou took part in the study. The adapted Nordic questionnaire collected dat(...)
Prevalence, lower back pain, trauma, handball, Burkina Faso
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2022, démocratisation du sport au Burkina Faso : analyse du changement social et des politiques sportives. Revue de la Collection FLE / FLA, Université de Kenyatta, No Spécial, Décembre 2022, pp10-20 ISBN 978-2-493659-14-9
Boureima COULIBALY,
La démocratisation du sport au Burkina Faso depuis 1984 à 2020 est marquée par
différents courants idéologiques dans la mise en oeuvre des politiques sportives.
De la révolution démocratique et populaire à la social-démocratie en passant pas
la démocratie libérale des volontés de développer la pratique sportive ont été
implantées. Comment(...)
démocratisation – sport- politique sportive – changement social
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Analyse organisationnelle du système sportif Burkinabè : réalités et enjeux de développement communautaire », Revue Internationale Dônni,
COULIBALY Boureima
L’organisation du système sportif du Burkina Faso s’est mise en place en ne tenant pas compte des réalités burkinabè. Elle est mise en place sans adéquation avec la culture, l’économie, l’organisation sociale. Le système sportif actuel s’intègre difficilement dans les schémas de développement. Elle a été imposée par l’hégémonie des organisatio(...)
organisation, système sportif, enjeux, développement communautaire