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EML 2021, 5 pages - Article ID: EML-2110152112401
Investigate The Status Of Physical Fitness In Primary School Students In Qhaemshahr City And Compare With The Other City Of Mazandaran Province
a Faculty Of Rehabilitation, University Of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran
ABSTRACT
This study aimed to investigate the physical fitness of primary school students in Qhaemshahr and their relationship with each other. Although the physical fitness status of different age groups has been determined in some provinces, the levels of various indicators of physical fitness in particular areas of the section have not been determined using the modified AHHPRED test. This study aimed to investigate the physical fitness of primary school students in Qhaemshahr and their relationship with each other. The statistical population of this study consisted of 10,330 primary school boys and girls in the age groups of 11 and 12 years in Qhaemshahr city, from which 370 people were randomly selected. Students’ physical fitness was assessed using modified AHHPRED test, 540 m, flexibility, sitting and horizontal stretching. To analyze the obtained values, the standardized norm of girls and boys in 10 and 11 years in Mazandaran province was used. To compare the status of each physical fitness index of students in Qhaemshahr city with the provincial norm, a t-test was used. The physical fitness of primary school students in Qhaemshahr city was higher than the average norm in Mazandaran province. According to the research findings, it can be said that the level of physical fitness of elementary school students in Qhaemshahr city was higher than the average norm in Mazandaran province. Although the current performance shows the appropriate status of the fields under study, the knowledge of the progress of physical fitness of children and adolescents in the country and the renewal of local and national physical fitness norms should be a priority.