Comparison of physical itness of Slovak and American high school populations using itnessgram
Abstract: he aim of this study was to test the application of the test bat- tery Fitnessgram for health-related itness assessment for 967 students aged 15-19 from Prešov region, Slovakia and the consequent comparison with results of an American population group comprised of 719,441 Texan stu- dents....
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Murcia |
| Repositorio: | DIGITUM. Depósito Digital Institucional de la Universidad de Murcia |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digitum.um.es:10201/61919 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10201/61919 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Physical activity Adolescents Actividad física Adolescentes CDU::7 Bellas artes::79 - Diversiones. Espectáculos. Cine. Teatro. Danza. Juegos.Deportes |
| Sumario: | Abstract: he aim of this study was to test the application of the test bat- tery Fitnessgram for health-related itness assessment for 967 students aged 15-19 from Prešov region, Slovakia and the consequent comparison with results of an American population group comprised of 719,441 Texan stu- dents. Fitnessgram evaluation of Slovak population group, the Manova, Mann-Whitney U test and the Kruskall-Wallis test all proved existing dif- ferences between the groups of boys and girls, especially in curl-up test. Subsequent international comparison presented by percentile of Healthy itness zone (HFZ) showed that Slovakstudents achieved better results for both BMI and Percentage of Body Fat. On the contrary, the American pop- ulation group achieved better results in HFZ for most motor tests (curl-up, push-up, Pacer run and sit and reach). he study demonstrated the suitabil- ity of the test battery Fitnessgram and points out the negative tendency of particular health-related itness parameters in Slovakian secondary school students. |
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