Growth and development are processes characterizing in the early years of a person. There are some differences in the evolution of these two processes dependent on the sex of the person and the family of origin. Material and Methods: The study was conducted on a sample of 81 students of 5th class coming from two villages in Botosani County. It was assessed physical development (using national reference values) and motor skills (number of elements) from scoring scales. The study was conducted on two different communities and sex. Processing of the results was performed using Pearson Test. Results and Discussion: height dominant values are average (49.38%), calculated on communities and sex differences were not statistically significant. Weight most frequently average (49.38%), not statistically significant differences calculated. Diagnosis of physical development highlights the existence of harmony in 54.32% cases. The maximum vote on pushups appears only in 17.28% cases. Differences calculated on sex are statistically significant at p <0.01 (fl = 3, χ2 = 8.001) and indicate that there are quicker progress of female students in which puberty occurs earlier and is accompanied by better motor skills. Conclusions: In interpreting the results of students in sports trials should consider a number of factors and not just one.
Certain female dominated sports, such as rhythmic gymnastics, dancing and figure skating are characterized by an extreme range of motion of the spinal column. Athletes who practice such sports are more prone to injury of the vertebral column and to the abnormal development of the spinal column. The purpose of this paper was to assess the presence of lordotic or scoliotic attitudes among performance rhythmic gymnasts. Early identification of faulty postures can lead to the initiation of a recovery program meant to prevent their evolution. Within this study, we analyzed ten 4th - category gymnasts aged between 8 and 10. We performed the measurements using the GPS 400-Global Postural System. After measurements, we identified 10 gymnasts with lordotic postures and 8 of them with scoliotic and lordotic postures. As a general conclusion, we highlight the need to implement individual programs for the rehabilitation or correction of faulty postures, to be performed following specific trainings.
Nutrition and physical activity are external factors that contributes to the health of young people.Eating too abundant and a short time allocated to physical activity are risk factors for obesity. Material and Methods: The study was conducted on a group of 79 pupils from the 9th, 10th and 11th grade. To this it was considered the time allotted daily to physical activity (less than 15 min, 15 - 45 minutes, 45 minutes) and were evaluated with a habitsquestionnaire of consumption frequency.Final evaluation will be made separately by class. Results and Discussion: In most cases young allocate exercise between 15-45 minutes/day (58.22%).Calculated differences are not statistically significant (p> 0.05, fl = 4, χ2 = 7.390) and highlights the lack of concern for the physical activity of the students. Dominant contribution of milk and cheese is just 2-3 times/week and is totally insufficient and potatoes all 2-3 times/week.Instead sweets are consumed 4-7 times/week (64.55%), by two thirds of the young people surveyed. Conclusions: they eat more sweets and do insufficient sport so there are favorable conditions for obesity in the adolescents from the study group.
This study focuses on middle schoolers who undergo a period of transformation from preteen to teenager years. The situation concerning this category is alarming worldwide because these children are prone to obesity. Our research aimed to study the results of middle schoolers in the trial of resistance running and determine whether these results suffered modifications because of the BMI. The study features the results for 800m resistance running for girls, 1000m for boys, and the differentiation indicator, i.e., the BMI. The research group comprised 94 seventh graders (40 boys and 54 girls) from Iași County (Romania). Upon interpreting the BMI values, we found modified scores in the case of 39% of the girls and 45% of the boys. Most students obtained good results (the grade average was 7-8), and none of them dropped out of the test. According to the marking scheme, the statistical results have proven that the girls obtained values between 4.39´ and 4.48´, while the boys scored between 4.31´ and 4.45´. Consequently, our findings show that the BMI may partially alter the results of the resistance running trials; hence, greater attention should be paid to this category of students by limiting harmful habits and replacing them with physical activities.
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