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- Title
Diferencias en la condición física en niños de entornos rurales y urbanos.
- Authors
De la Cruz-Sánchez, Ernesto; Aguirre-Gómez, Maria Dolores; Pino-Ortega, José; Díaz-Suárez, Arturo; Valero-Valenzuela, Alfonso; García-Pallarés, Jesús
- Abstract
The aim of this work is to study the relationship between health related physical fitness and residence context in samples of school children. A total of 293 students took part in the study (137 boys and 156 girls). After receiving the informed consent, we assessed health related physical fitness through an abbreviated version of the Eurofit Battery test that included BMI, horizontal jump, Sit and Reach test (flexibility), hand grip strength, and 20 metre shuttle run. To establish the relationship between the different variables, we conducted a statistical analysis using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and one t test for independent samples. In this study school children living in rural areas are fitter in comparison with the ones living in urban areas.
- Subjects
PHYSICAL fitness for children; CITY children; RURAL children; EUROFIT; PEDIATRIC physiology; EXERCISE for children; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; HEALTH
- Publication
Journal of Sport Psychology / Revista de Psicología del Deporte, 2012, Vol 21, Issue 2, p359
- ISSN
1132-239X
- Publication type
Article