scholarly journals Stunting does not impair physical fitness in Indonesian school children

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christiane Scheffler ◽  
Michael Hermanussen
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Grip Strength ◽  
School Children ◽  
Human Growth ◽  
Hand Grip Strength ◽  
Emotional Factors ◽  
Malnourished Children ◽  
Hand Grip ◽  
Standing Long Jump ◽  
Long Jump

Background Physical fitness is decreased in malnourished children and adults. Poor appearance and muscular flaccidity are among the first signs of malnutrition. Malnutrition is often associated with stunting. Objectives We test the hypotheses that stunted children of low social strata are physically less fit than children of high social strata. Sample We investigated 354 school girls and 369 school boys aged 5.83 to 13.83 (mean 9.54) years from three different social strata in Kupang (West-Timor, Indonesia) in 2020. Methods We measured height, weight, and elbow breadth, calculated standard deviation (SDS) of height and weight according to CDC references, and the Frame index as an indicator of long-term physical fitness, and we tested physical fitness in standing long jump and hand grip strength. Results Children of low social strata are physically fittest. They jump longer distances, and they have higher values in the Frame index. No association exists between height SDS and physical fitness, neither in respect to standing long jump, nor to hand grip strength. Conclusion Stunting does not impair physical fitness in Indonesian school children. Our results support the concept that SEPE (social-economic-political-emotional) factors are involved in the regulation of human growth.

scholarly journals The correlation between right hand finger ratio (2D:4D) and the parameters of anthropometric and physical fitness in children

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 656
Author(s):  
Nebahat Eler
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Grip Strength ◽  
Body Fat ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Hand Grip Strength ◽  
Hand Grip ◽  
Right Hand ◽  
Standing Long Jump ◽  
Vertical Jumping ◽  
Long Jump

It is hypothesized that there is a correlation between the ratio of second hand finger to fourth hand finger (2D:4D) which is an indicator of prenatal testosterone and physical fitness and sportive performance The aim of this study was to determined correlation between the right hand finger ratio (2D:4D) and the parameters of anthropometric and physical fitness in male and female children aged between 10 and 12. Six hundred and seventy eight males whose age average was 0.49±1.32 and 592 females whose age average was 10.38 ± 1.48 participated in this study. In addition to taking the students’ right hand 2D:4D, height, weight, triceps, subscapular, full arm and leg measurements, vertical jumping, standing long jump, flexibility, 20 m sprint, 10x5 agility, leg strength, right/left hand grip strength, 20 m shuttle run and balance tests were also performed. Statistically differences were found between anthropometric measurements apart from height and BMI, 2D:4D and physical fitness parameters in the males and females. A negative correlation between right hand 2D:4D and vertical jumping, standing long jump, 20 m sprint, 10x5 agility and right hand grip strength in the males. As for the females, although a negative correlation was detected between right hand 2D:4D and height, a positive correlation was found between the same variable and body fat ratio (p<0.05). It can be concluded that while a low 2D:4D ratio was correlated with static and explosive strength, speed and agility in the males, it was correlated with height and body fat ratio in the females.

scholarly journals Investigation of the Relationship Between Basic Swimming Instruction and Some Physical and Motor Characteristics

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
H. Bayram Temur
Keyword(s):  
Grip Strength ◽  
Hand Grip Strength ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Swimming Training ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Hand Grip ◽  
Standing Long Jump ◽  
Long Jump ◽  
Right And Left Hand

In this study, it was aimed to investigate whether basic swimming training has effects on height, body weight, right and left hand grip strength, right and left hand lengths, shoulder width, chest circumference, standing long jump characteristics. The study is important in terms of making individuals in the growth period and investigating the physical development of major technical studies from force studies. It is known that regular sport has also developed physical features along with many other features. However, there is not a complete consensus about the sport, its violence, its frequency and duration. The study using the experimental research method included 114 individuals with a mean age of 11.03 ± 1.23 years. The study group, consisting of 58 subjects, received regular swimming lessons twice a week for two hours at a time over a period of 7 months. The sedentary control group included 56 subjects who received no sports instruction apart from their standard physical education classes. Prior to the start of the study, measurements were taken for height, body mass, right and left hand grip strength, right and left hand length, shoulder width, chest circumference, and standing long jump for both groups. The same measurements were taken again 7 months later, at the conclusion of the study. The differences between the initial and final measurements of both the study group and the control group were statistically compared within the group and between the groups. In this comparison, the General Linear Model method was used in the SPSS 21 Package program. As a result, it was found that the increase in height, body weight, right hand grip strength, right and left hand lengths, chest circumference and standing long jump mean values of swimming training subjects were found to be different at p <0.001 in the control group in seven months period. It was also found that the increase in the mean value of left hand grip strength in both groups was significantly different in favor of swimming training subjects (p <0.005). The increase in shoulder width mean values of the study group and the control group did not differ between the groups (p> 0,005).

scholarly journals Physical Fitness Promotion among Adolescents: Effects of a Jump Rope-Based Physical Activity Afterschool Program

Children ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaofeng Yang ◽  
Joonyoung Lee ◽  
Xiangli Gu ◽  
Xiaoxia Zhang ◽  
Tao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Muscular Strength ◽  
Afterschool Program ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Hand Grip ◽  
Standing Long Jump ◽  
Long Jump ◽  
Jump Rope ◽  
Rope Skipping

The major purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a jump rope-based physical activity afterschool program on middle school students’ physical fitness. Sixty students (Mage = 13.37, SD = 0.58; 53.3% female) participated in a 12-week jump rope-based afterschool program (45 min/time, three times/week). Participants were randomly assigned to three groups: (a) freestyle rope skipping (N = 20), traditional jump rope (N = 20), and a control group (N = 20). Physical fitness tests, including muscular strength (standing long jump, right-hand grip, and left-hand grip), flexibility, body composition, and bone mineral density (BMD) were measured in pre- and post-tests. A 2 (time) × 3 (groups) repeated measure multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was performed. The results found significant improvements in muscular strength (standing long jump, right-hand grip, and left-hand grip) in both intervention groups (p < 0.001; ds = 0.2–0.44). Only the freestyle rope skipping group had increased BMD (p < 0.05, d = 0.33). Compared to the traditional jump rope, the freestyle rope skipping group showed significantly higher improvement in flexibility (p < 0.05, d = 0.83). These findings suggest that the jump rope-based afterschool program with freestyle rope skipping would be more effective than traditional jump rope to promote physical fitness performance among adolescents.

Physical fitness, activity and hand-grip strength are not associated with arterial stiffness in older individuals

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 779-784 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. C. van Dijk ◽  
K. M. A. Swart ◽  
A. C. Ham ◽  
A. W. Enneman ◽  
J. P. van Wijngaarden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arterial Stiffness ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Grip Strength ◽  
Hand Grip Strength ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Hand Grip

scholarly journals Components of physical fitness as prognostic factors for falls in elderly female exercise practitioners: a longitudinal study

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovana Zarpellon Mazo ◽  
Raquel Ester Lima ◽  
Pedro Silvelo Franco ◽  
Leonardo Hoffmann ◽  
Enaiane Cristina Menezes
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Grip Strength ◽  
Older Women ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
Hand Grip Strength ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Elderly Female ◽  
Hand Grip ◽  
Risk Of Falls ◽  
Falls In Elderly

Abstract Introduction: Physical exercise is used as a strategy for the prevention of falls because it improves the physical fitness of older adults. Objective: To determine which components of physical fitness are predictors of falls in elderly female exercise practitioners. Method: Longitudinal, descriptive, comparative study. The components of physical fitness (upper and lower limb strength and flexibility, agility, aerobic endurance, and hand grip strength) and the occurrence or not of falls in the last 12 months were analyzed in 80 older women practitioners of exercise from 2013 to 2016. Descriptive analysis, ROC curve attributing cut-off points, and binary logistic regression for the prediction of falls were used. Results: The mean age of the participants was 67.46 years (SD=7.65). Over the years, a significant difference between elderly fallers and non-fallers was observed for right hand grip strength (2013 and 2015), left hand grip strength (2014 and 2015), lower limb flexibility (2013, 2014 and 2015), agility (2015), and aerobic endurance (2015). In adjusted analysis, older women with poor lower limb flexibility in 2013 had a higher risk of falls in 2016 (OR=4.98; 95%CI 1.12 - 22.1). Older women with poor flexibility in 2015 also had a higher risk of falls (OR= 6.08; 95%CI 1.06 - 34.67). Conclusion: Poor performance in the lower limb flexibility, right and left hand grip strength, agility and aerobic endurance tests was associated with falls and these components are predictors of future falls in elderly exercise practitioners.

scholarly journals Anthropometric and Physical Fitness of the Under-16 Regional-School Cricket Players, of Bahawalpur, Pakistan

2018 ◽  
Vol III (I) ◽  
pp. 333-342
Author(s):  
Muhammad Tahir Nazeer ◽  
Muhammad Zia Ul Haq ◽  
Muhammad Badar Habib
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Grip Strength ◽  
Hand Grip Strength ◽  
T Test ◽  
Hand Grip ◽  
Arm Span

The aim of this study was to analysis the anthropometry and fitness of the under-16 regional and school cricket players. Twenty participants were selected from the Bahawalpur regional cricket team and (n = 20) from school teams. Selected variables were height, weight, skinfolds, girths, bone lengths, breadths, 30-m race, set-ups, hand grip strength, flexibility, standing broad jump, and agility. the anthropometric and physical fitness of regional and school cricket players was compared by applying Independent t-test. The results disclosed that the regional cricket players were significantly higher in arm span, arm length, and leg lengths, shoulder, elbow and knee breadths. The regional cricketers were faster in 30 m sprints, hand grip strength, setups, flexibility, and standing broad jump than school players. It was concluded the under-16 regional players were superior in anthropometric and physical fitness because they were selected from the larger population and regular in training program than school cricketers.

scholarly journals Short term secular change in body size and physical fitness of youth 7–15 years in Southwestern Poland: 2001–2002 and 2010–2011

2016 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zofia Ignasiak ◽  
Teresa Sławińska ◽  
Robert M. Malina
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Secular Change ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Explosive Power ◽  
Hand Grip ◽  
Standing Long Jump ◽  
Long Jump ◽  
Trunk Strength

Abstract Short term secular change in body size and physical fitness of Polish youth 7-15 years of age resident in an industrial region of Lower Silesia in southwestern Poland was considered across two surveys, 2001-2002 and 2010-2011. Subjects were students in the same schools in both surveys 1892 boys and 1992 girls in the first and 1237 boys and 1236 girls in the second. In addition to height and weight, performances in six fitness tests were measured in each survey. Height, weight and BMI increased significantly across surveys. Statistically controlling for secular gains in height and weight, only static strength (hand grip) and running speed - agility (shuttle run) improved significantly between surveys in three age groups (7-9, 10-12, 13-15 years), while explosive power (standing long jump) showed negligible changes except in girls 13-15 years among whom performances declined significantly. Speed of upper limb movement (plate tapping), flexibility (sit and reach) and trunk strength (sit-ups) declined between surveys, except for trunk strength in boys 13-15 years which did not change. In conclusion, after statistically controlling for secular gains in body size, physical fitness items changed variably over the decade.

scholarly journals Morphological and Physical Profile of a Collegiate Water Skier

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 1150
Author(s):  
Michael A. Woodgate ◽  
Joshua J. Gann ◽  
William Hey ◽  
Hyun Chul Jung
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Grip Strength ◽  
Hand Grip Strength ◽  
Muscular Endurance ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Hand Grip ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Posterior Extension ◽  
Physical Tests ◽  
Physical Profile

This study aimed to examine morphological and physical fitness profile in collegiate water skiers and to identify the potential morphological and physical fitness factors, important for success in the slalom, trick, and jump events. Twenty collegiate water skiers were subject to anthropometric, somatotype measurements and a battery of physical tests inclusive of water ski-specific fitness variables. An independent t-test was used to compare the gender differences of dependent variables. Partial correlation and linear regression analyses were used to identify the factors that are associated with water ski performance. Male water skiers were lower in endomorphic component and better in power, speed, and cardiorespiratory fitness than female water skiers (p < 0.05). Somatotype such as mesomorphic (r = −0.48) and ectomorphic components (r = −0.60), sum of hand-grip strength (r = 0.98), and muscular endurance including posterior extension (r = 0.59) and left lateral flexion (r = 0.63) were significantly correlated with water skiing performance score (p < 0.05). The results of regression analyses showed that mesomorphic component (r2 = 0.24, p = 0.04), sum of hand-grip strength (r2 = 0.95, p = 0.001), and muscular endurance (r2 = 0.30, p = 0.03), appear to be crucial factors associated with water ski performance in slalom, trick (hands pass), and the jump events, respectively. Our study suggests that different morphological and fitness components are required to succeed in each tournament water skiing event. Coaches and athletes can utilize the battery of physical tests and design a specialized training regimen for each tournament water skiing event.

scholarly journals The Relationships Between Some Physical Fitness Factors and Muscle Damage in People With Intellectual Disabilities

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-180
Author(s):  
Hojjatollah Siavoshi ◽  
◽  
Hamid Agha Alinejad ◽  
Ali Kashi ◽  
Mohammad Ali Samavati Sharif ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Grip Strength ◽  
Muscle Damage ◽  
Standardized Test ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Hand Grip Strength ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hand Grip ◽  
Significant Relationships

Objectives: The physical component of tasks can be a problem because of muscle weakness; therefore, this research was performed to investigate the relationships between some physical fitness factors and muscle damage enzyme levels in people with mild Intellectual Disabilities (ID). Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 314 students with ID (Body Mass Index [BMI]: 23.42±4.84 kg/m2), after measuring their anthropometric variables (height, weight, and BMI), performed the Canadian Standardized Test of Fitness (CSTF). This test includes flexibility (sit and reach test), muscle endurance (Push-ups and Sit-ups tests), muscle strength (Hand-grip test), and cardiorespiratory endurance (Canada Home Fitness test). Then saliva samples were collected from 20 subjects who were homogeneous for age (Mean±SD: 20.30±2.27 years), sex (male only), and type of ID, for measuring their saliva levels of Creatine Phosphate Kinase (CPK), Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH), and C-reactive Protein (CRP). Data were analyzed by the Pearson correlation coefficient and linear and nonlinear regressions (P<0.05).  Results: The findings indicated significant relationships between some of the physical fitness factors and some enzymes of muscle damage (P<0.05). The results indicated significant relationships between CPK, with push-ups, sit-ups, and hand-grip strength, as well as between the LDH with push-ups and CRP with sit-ups and hand-grip strength (P<0.05). Discussion: According to the results of the present research, CPK, LDH, and CRP saliva levels in males with an ID have a significant relationship with some of the physical fitness components. Also, the results of the present research have provided equations for estimating CPK, LDH, and CRP saliva levels through CSTF battery test scores in people who have an educable ID.

scholarly journals Nine Months of a Structured Multisport Program Improve Physical Fitness in Preschool Children: A Quasi-Experimental Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (14) ◽  
pp. 4935 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Popović ◽  
Milan Cvetković ◽  
Draženka Mačak ◽  
Tijana Šćepanović ◽  
Nebojša Čokorilo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Grip Strength ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Time Interaction ◽  
Standing Long Jump ◽  
Long Jump ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Shuttle Run

Research in preschool children that investigates the impact of different exercise interventions on physical fitness is limited. This pre–post study was aimed at determining if participation in a nine-month structured multisport program (MSG; n = 38) could enhance physical fitness components compared to a formal exercise program (control group (CG); n = 36) among preschool children. Physical fitness was assessed using standardized tests (the standing long jump, sit and reach, 20 m sprint, sit-ups for 30 s, bent-arm hang, medicine ball throw (MBT), grip strength, 4 × 10 m shuttle run, and 20 m shuttle run tests). The structured multisport program involved fundamental/gross and fine motor skills and ball game-based exercises twice a week. The control group was free of any programmed exercise except for the obligatory program in kindergartens. A mixed ANOVA demonstrated significant group-by-time interaction effects for the 4 × 10 m shuttle run, standing long jump, sit-ups, bent-arm hang, grip strength, and sit and reach tests (p < 0.05). There was no significant group-by-time interaction effect for the 20 m sprint test (p = 0.794) or for the 20 m shuttle run test (p = 0.549). Moreover, the MSG and CG performance in the MBT and 20 m shuttle run tests improved to a similar extent from pre- to post-test. Our results indicate that compared to the formal plan, the structured multisport program led to a sustained improvement in physical fitness in healthy 5-to-6-year old children.

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