An Assessment of Muscular Fitness of Adolescent Children in Imphal East District, Manipur

Authors

  • Md. Imran Hussain  Research Scholar, Department of Physical Education, Kalinga University, Naya Raipur, India
  • Oinam Sonika Devi  Research Scholar, Department of Physical Education, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRST52310235

Keywords:

Muscular Strength, Flexibility, Muscles

Abstract

The main purpose of the study is to find out “An assessment of muscular fitness of adolescent children in Imphal East district” in Manipur. Looking towards the nature of this study, the researcher has investigated the following objectives in perspective: to survey the muscular fitness status of school going girls and boys. For the purpose of this study a total of 225 (n=225) school going students both boys and girls (150 boys and 75 girls) have been delimited for the study. The study was delimited to the boys and girls of 8th to 10th class i.e. school students (Adolescent children). The chronological age of the subjects has been delimited to 12 to 15 years further. The study was further confined to the private schools of Imphal East district. The study was further confined to the Muscular Fitness. Further study was delimited to Kraus Weber test. Before collecting the data, the method and procedure of performing each tests was explained and demonstrated to the subjects. For determining the results of the study percentage method was employed.

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Published

2023-04-30

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Volume 10, Issue 2, March-April-2023

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Md. Imran Hussain, Oinam Sonika Devi "An Assessment of Muscular Fitness of Adolescent Children in Imphal East District, Manipur" International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011,Volume 10, Issue 2, pp.248-255, March-April-2023. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRST52310235