Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic Confinement on Training Sessions and Activities Resumption Among 91 Amateur Athletes in Dakar (Senegal)

COVID-19 is a pathology mainly affecting the respiratory system.The measures aimed at fighting it, such as confinement, have also led to obvious economic damage and restrictions on activities of various kinds, including sports activities [1][2][3][4].The postponement of some competitions (Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, the European Football Cup, the African Cup of Nations) or the closure of sites allocated for the practice of physical activities constituted measures aimed at limiting the spread of this pandemic [5].Faced with these restrictions, athletes were therefore obliged to continue training at home, alone or accompanied digitally, with or without equipment [6,7].There were many hesitations about indulging in sports during the confinement period [6,7].Wearing a mask during sports, safe distancing between mates for team sports, the duration of training sessions and the intensity of exercises, are all elements on which the scientific community, together with the sports community, had to look for a serene resumption of training and competitions to be put in place [5,[8][9][10][11].Having had all these discussions in agreement, they did not necessarily satisfy the athletes, who, according to Washif et al.[12], mainly wanted to maintain their training programs during this period.In Senegal, the competent authorities, in a response plan to this pandemic, as of March 23 rd , 2020, declared a state of emergency, along with a curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.This night curfew was eased at the end of May 2020 and then lifted a month later.During this period, the main sites of public gathering had been closed [13].From January to March 2021, following the increase in the number of new positive cases for this pathology, a new state of emergency was declared, followed by a state of

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