@article{article_430375, title={Assessment of physical activity and academic success levels in physiotherapy and rehabilitation students}, journal={Journal of Exercise Therapy and Rehabilitation}, volume={5}, pages={33–37}, year={2018}, author={Angın, Ender and Güçhan Topçu, Zehra and Yatar, İlker and Depreli, Özde and Tomaç, Hayriye and Mıhçıoğlu, Serpil}, keywords={Öğrenciler; fizyoterapi,Fiziksel aktivite,Akademik başarı}, abstract={ Purpose: To evaluate the level of physical activity and academic success of all students who continued to Physiotherapy and  Rehabilitation department and investigate the relationships between them. Methods: While the level of physical activity of the students was evaluated with the International Physical Activity  Questionnaire (IPAQ), the level of their academic success was obtained by their grade point average (GPA). Results: Four hundred and thirty-five students were included in the study. Significant difference was found when the GPAs of  the second, third and forth classes were compared (p<0.05). Physically inactive students formed 24.4% of the first class  students, 17.3% of second year students, 20.6% of third year students, and 21.9% of fourth year students. No significant  relationship was found between level of physical activity and success level as the results of analysis (p>0.05). Conclusion: It is considered that university lectures, which are more difficult than the previous education life, could lead to  change in the physical activity level of the students. The results will guide the educators of physiotherapy and rehabilitation  department and future studies conducted in this area. <style type="text/css"> p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Helvetica} </style>}, number={1}, publisher={Yavuz YAKUT}