%0 Journal Article
%T Physical Fitness of Recreational Adolescent Taekwondo Athletes
%A H. R. Noorul
%A Willy Pieter
%A Z. Z. Erie
%J Brazilian Journal of Biomotricity
%D 2008
%I 
%X NOORUL, H. R. ; PIETER, W.; ERIE, Z. Z. Physical Fitness of Recreational Adolescent Taekwondo Athletes. Brazilian Journal of Biomotricity, v. 2, n. 4, p. 230-240, 2008. The purpose of this study was to describe the physical fitness of adolescent recreational taekwondo athletes. Subjects were members of the Kelantan State taekwondo team from Malaysia (8 males, 18.63 ¡À 1.92 years, 168.65 ¡À 7.36 cm, 68.29 ¡À 20.69 kg, and 9 females, 18.10 ¡À 1.37 years, 158.22 ¡À 4.11 cm, 59.72 ¡À 10.03 kg). Flexibility, explosive leg power, muscular strength and endurance, aerobic fitness and maximum exercise heart rate (HRex) were assessed. In absolute terms, the boys (52.07 ¡À 11.07cm) jumped higher than the girls (34.04 ¡À 5.21 cm, p = 0.001, eta2 = 0.476). The difference became smaller when jump height was scaled to height (m2) (17.39 ¡À 3.07 cm/m2 and 14.25 ¡À 1.66 cm/m2 for the boys and girls, respectively, p = 0.020, eta2 = 0.331). There was no difference between boys (25.00 ¡À IR15) and girls (31.50 ¡À IR 17) in push-ups, although the females recorded a higher median score (p = 0.335, ES = 0.406). There also was no difference between gender (39.00 ¡À IR7 vs.39.50 ¡À IR11) in sit-ups (p > 0.05, ES = 0.054). The boys had greater aerobic endurance but the effect was small (42.18 ¡À 7.86 ml.kg-1.min-1 vs. 30.71 ¡À5.46 ml.kg-1.min-1, p = 0.003, eta2 = 0.453). The difference persisted when height was used as a co-variate (43.32 ¡À 8.44 ml.kg-1.min-1 for the boys and 29.70 ¡À 8.283 ml.kg-1.min-1 for the girls, p = 0.012, eta2 = 0.375). In conclusion, sexual dimorphism in physical fitness was found in recreationally active adolescent athletes.
%K Taekwondo
%K Malaysian
%K fitness
%K adolescent
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