Analysis of Cardio Respiratory Endurance Among Adolescent School Boys of North–Eastern States of India

Sandip Saha; Dr. V. Gopinath

Volume : III, Issue : IX, September - 2014

Analysis of Cardio Respiratory Endurance Among Adolescent School Boys of North–Eastern States of India

Sandip Saha, Dr. V. Gopinath

Abstract :

In the present electronic era most of the adolescent are not participating in leisure activities and concentrate on academics. Regular physical activity would be important for life�s quality even if it had no relationship to disease and longevity. Physical activity is a significant ingredient in the quality of life, because it increases energy and promotes, physical and mental, well being in addition to conferring health benefits. For the present investigation boys from various schools of [Tripura (TR), Meghalaya (ML), Assam (AS), Mizoram (MZ), Manipur (MN), Nagaland (NL) and Arunachal Pradesh (A.R.)] (N=21000) North–Eastern states of India were selected as subjects at random. Their age ranged from 13, 14 & 15 years (studying from 7th to 10th standard). Cardio respiratory endurance was measured by coppers 12 min run/walk test. The collected data were analyzed by using one–way ANOVA. Among the groups if any significant difference, scheffe�s post hoc test was used to find out the paired mean difference (P ≤ 0.05). The results of the study show that the adolescent boys of North–Eastern states were differ on Cardio–respiratory endurance. Hence it was concluded that, age, geographical region, growth, social behaviour, food habits and level of physical activity may influence the Cardio–respiratory endurance of adolescent boys.