英文摘要 |
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect on anthropometry, strength, power, and blood pressure in elementary school boy students after of 12 weeks Tug-of-War training. Methods: All subjects (aged 11.0±0.6 years, height 145.4±7.7 cm, weight 44.1±11.6 kg) were recruited from Grade 5 in Fo-kong primary school in Kaohsiung. Group T (training group) included eighteen boy students who volunteered to join the Tug-of-War training, and Group C (control group) included eighteen boy students who were randomly selected from six classes. The Tug-of-War training program was performed 35 minutes per time, 9 times per week during 12 weeks. Blood pressure, arm length, leg length, arm circumference, forearm circumference, chest circumference, height, weight, seven positions of skinfolds, grip strength, back strength, and standing long jump were measured in all subjects before and after 12 weeks training. The data was analyzed by one-way ANCOVA to examine any change after 12-weeks training. Results: The result showed that group T was significant higher than Group C (p< .05) in arm circumference (27.0 vs. 26.4 cm), chest circumference (80.6 vs. 79.2 cm), grip strength (19.8 vs. 18.1 kg), back strength (53.2 vs. 48.3 kg), standing long jump (1.48 vs. 1.38 m), and lower than group C (p< .05) in calf skinfold (15.6 vs. 19.0 mm), systolic blood pressure (101.9 vs. 108.8 mmHg) but no significant difference in the others. Conclusion: We concluded that 12 weeks Tug-of-War training could reduce the blood pressure, calf skinfold and increase arm, chest circumference, the grip strength, back strength and standing long jump, but couldn't change the other anthropometry on elementary school boy students. It is safe to attend this Tug-of-War training program for elementary school boy students. |