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KMID : 0380319750150000179
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Journal of Korean Research Institute for Better Living
1975 Volume.15 No. 0 p.179 ~ p.209
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The Study on Physical Finess of the Korean Women(Ⅱ)
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to secure a change in the status of physical fitness of Korean women by age, and to compare the trained group with the common group.
The measurement was excuted in accordance with the "Adult Womens Profile Chart" by T. K. Cureton, who has studied and established the "chart" at the Physical Fitness Research Institute, University of Illionis.
a)The research has been done on 1,300 females, ages 13 to 60.
b)The trained group were made up the students, majoring in Physical Education, and the housewives being the trainees in the weight control class or in the swimming class for between three months and one year at the Y.M.C.A.
The approach has led to the following conclusion:
1)Body Type:
The height and weight grow till 17 years old the chest grows till 18 years, and no growth was recorded later for height, but from the age of 31, weight and the chest girth increase remarkably.
The status of the difference between expanded chest girth and abdomene girth and the total fat of college students aged 19 to 23 are the most fine and good figure of the body type. from the age of 25, there are increases in total fat as well as in weight and chest girth and after the age of 36, the weight gains remarkably.
2)Schneider Index:
It remains at a fair status till 25 years of age, but decreases gradually after that age and after 46 years of age, cardiovascular efficiency declines rapidly.
3)Flexibility:
Flexibility is fairly good till 23 years, but after the age of 25 diminishes flexibility efficiancy.
4)Strength:
The hand gripping power intensifies steadily till 45 years of age, and declines from the age of 46.
The back and the legs lifting power declines from 46 years of age.
5)Agility:
Agility decreases beginning in some measure from 23 years of age, and a considerable decrease can be seen from 25.
6)Balance Beam Score:
No differentiable point was shown in the period covering 13 to 40 years old, and the decline begins from 41, and it is declining rapidly after 46 years old.
7)Eighteen Items Score:
The increase in this score was brought up to 23 years old with no discrimination, and from 25 the decline was remarkable.
As is shown in the above, in the comparison by age, there was no discriminating in respect between the common group and the change, increase and decrease.
Observing the comparison between the common group and the trained group, the latter was excellent in general. Regardless of their considerably fat body type, the trained adult womens´ cardiovascular efficiency, flexivility, strength, agility and the eighteen items score were extra ordinarily distinguished. It proved that the proper physical training could afford to keep a desirable condition of the physical status of change. But the discrimination did not show up between the common group and trained group on the balance test. It seemed that on the balance test, which is taken on the balance beam, the relativity between the boy type and the height of the center of gravity heavily influenced the test.
Observing the U.S.A. Standard Score in reference to the "Adult Women Profile Chart"; the flexibily is "very good" as 74 points, the strength is "poor", as 28 points and the others are "average" or "fair"
Excluding the "strength and the balance" the declining starts from 25 years old and all the same, the "Strength" and the "balance" are declining from 41 years old and from the age of 46 declining rapidly. It is probable that the decline is an effect which is caused by the lack of exercise for those housewives after their school days and the physical senility in general.
Comparing, however, the trained group and the common group, the scores of the trained group were equivalent to the common group who are 10 years to 20 years younger than those trained.
It is certain that the adequate physical fitness or the condition of over 10 years younger than one´s own age is certainly maintainable through the proper physical exercise, under the normal circumstance, as is shown in the conclusion of this research.
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