GROWTH AND MOTOR PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOLCHILDREN OF MANAUS

Authors

  • Daurimar Pinheiro Leão
  • Ivan de Jesus Ferreira
  • Wagner Jorge Ribeiro Domingues

Keywords:

Growth, body composition, Physical fitness,

Abstract

The objective of the study was to describe the growth patterns and the levels of physical fitness related to the children's from Manaus health, through a traverse approach using a battery of tests of motor acting and of the measures anthropometrics. It was studied a sample of 950 subject of both sexes with age among seven to 12 years, being 588 boys and 362 girls, selected randomly in the population of the Municipal Centers of Sport and Leisure of the municipal district of Manaus-AM. The results of the variables anthropometrics showed that the girls are higher, heavier and they presented larger accumulation of corporal fat that the boys. Regarding the aptitude tests physics data related to the health is observed that in relation to flexibility the girls presented indexes of larger acting than the boys. In relationship the variables of modified sit-up and run/walk of 9 minutes, the data indicate the boys' better acting when compared with the girls. These information points that the boys are probably moved more than the girls, characterizing that the girls demonstrate little motivation the practice of regular physical activities.

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Leão, D. P., Ferreira, I. de J., & Domingues, W. J. R. (2011). GROWTH AND MOTOR PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOLCHILDREN OF MANAUS. Fiep Bulletin - Online, 80. Retrieved from https://fiepbulletin.net/fiepbulletin/article/view/938

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TRABALHOS PUBLICADOS