Publication details
Srovnání vybraných parametrů tělesné zdatnosti 12 až 15letých žáků v ČR a USA
| Title in English | Comparison of selected parameters of physical fitness of pupils aged 15 to 12 in the Czech Republic and the USA |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Medicina Sportiva Bohemica et Slovaca |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Sport and leisure time activities |
| Keywords | Aerobic capacity; BMI; Fitnessgram; Pacer; Physical activity; Physical fitness |
| Description | The paper deals with research conducted at the Faculty of Sports Studies to determine the level of selected parameters of physical fitness in a selected set of adolescent population. Then we have compared these parameters with the results of the U.S. population, as measured by the department to partner (Kinesiology Department University of Illinois, Champaign). The research of the selected file of the Czech population, we found that in most of the parameters (percentage of body fat, aerobic capacity, abdominal strength and muscle endurance, strength and endurance and upper body flexibility probands achieve above-average performance, with the exception extense body, amounting to probands below-average results. A similar finding, that a collection of Czech probands were in most of the parameters are more effective than a set of American probands, we came also in the subsequent comparison with the American population. |