The article analyzes the data received from survey results and identifies priority factors affecting motivation for fitness classes of first-year female students National University Water Environmental Engineering. has been conducted at sports camp Engineering, in which quantity 45 respondents, engaging section, have involved. In course research there were used methods mathematical statistical ...

INTRODUCTION A high level of physical fitness is associated with cardiovascular health in children and adolescents. At present, there is no systematic implementation of a test battery to assess physical fitness at schools in Argentina. The main objective of this study was to implement the ALPHA test battery to determine the physical fitness of a sample made up of Argentine children and adolesce...

BACKGROUND Adolescent neck/shoulder pain (NSP) is a common and sometimes debilitating problem. Several risk factors for this condition have been investigated, but no studies have previously evaluated associations between fitness, motor competence, body composition and adolescent NSP. METHODS 1608 males and females of mean age 14 years answered questions on their history of NSP (4 measures), a...

BACKGROUND Children with cerebral palsy (CP) have poor cardiorespiratory fitness in comparison to their peers with typical development, which may be due to low levels of physical activity. Poor cardiorespiratory fitness may contribute to increased cardiometabolic risk. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to determine the association between sedentary behaviour, physical activity and cardiorespi...

Physical fitness in children with cerebral palsy (CP) is lower than in their peers. A 12-week individualized home-based exercise program completed by 11 children with CP 10 years earlier showed a favorable effect on physical fitness performance. We follow-up the physical fitness of those 11 children with CP, and compare their physical fitness and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) to childr...

Introduction Motor competence (MC) is an important factor in the development of health and fitness in adolescence. Aims This cross-sectional study aims to explore the distribution of MC across school students aged 13-14 years old and the extent of the relationship of MC to measures of health and fitness across genders. Methods A total of 718 participants were tested from three different sch...

Abstract Purpose: The study was to clarify the influence of six-week various gymnastic exercises on selected motor fitness components school going students. Materials and Methods: Thirty boys students (age = 14 16 years) were randomly assigned experimental group (n=30) control (n=30). All student from Jain International School, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. Various included in training session 6 time...