著者

千葉 義信

出版者

湘南工科大学

雑誌

湘南工科大学紀要 (ISSN:09192549)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.42, no.1, pp.133-139, 2008-03-18

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The purpose of this study was to examine the physique and physical fitness among the Thailand's students. The examineeswere 147girls and 184 boys in 13 years old to 18 years old of cw-school in Udon Thani prefecture, kingdom ofThailand. The Research was carried out with regard to height, weight, BMI (body mass index:kg/m2), sit-up, trunk-flexion,side-step, 50m-run, standing-long-jump and grip-strength. These items referred to Ministry of Education, Culture,Sports, Science, and Technology "the new version of physical fitness tests". The results were as follow:1) Girls: The high school students were significantly taller in the height than the junior high school students. Therewere no significantly differences in the body weight. The BMI of the junior high school students were classified in"slender", and the high school students were classified "normal" although being low. The high school students weresignificantly larger grip strength than the junior high school students. There were no significantly differences inother items among the high school students and junior high school students. The difference in the physical strengthof sit-up was big next to grip-strength.2) Boys: The high school students were significantly taller in the height and had a significantly heavier in the bodyweight than the junior high school students. The BMI of the junior high school students were classified in "slender",and the high school students were classified "normal" although being low. The high school students were signifi-cantly larger in the all items (sit-up, trunk-flexion, side-step, 50 m-run, standing-long-jump and grip-strength). Thedifference in the physical strength of the grip-strength was greatest and next was the sit-up.