the purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of music tempo on heart rate and rate of perceived exertion of male physical education students. to this purpose, 45 male physical education students (height: 172.27 cm, sd=16.22, body mass index (bmi): 22.27kg/m², sd=3.08, weight: 68/05kg, sd=11.73, age: 21.93 years, sd=1.81) were randomly divided into control, high tempo (bpm=140)...

this study examined the relationship between physical fitness and self–esteem in non – physical education students. 109 female and 225 male students who took general physical education course (1). the students completed cooper – smith questionnaire and their scores of general physical education course. the mean score of physical fitness for male students was 17.4 and for female students 19.1. t...

The aim of present study was to determine ambulatory activity, body composition and energy consumption in college students and to investigate the relationship between these components. A total of 914 Turkish college female (n = 441, age 21.1 ± 1.6 years, height 167.8 ± 6.4 cm, weight 58.2 ± 8.8 kg) and male students (n = 473, age 22 ± 1.9 years, height 176.7 ± 5.9 cm, weight 70.9 ± 9.3 kg) part...

The objective of this study was to describe the morphological profile ofprofessional dancers compared with university physical education students. Thirty-five subjects were evaluated as follows: 13 professional ballet dancers of the Bolshoi Theater Company, six males and seven females, and 22 university physical education students, 11 males and 11 females. Body mass, height, skinfold (triceps, ...

AIM Our study aimed: 1) to describe the jump performance in a population of male applicants to a Faculty of Sports Sciences, 2) to apply different power equations from the literature to assess their accuracy, and 3) to develop a new regression equation from this population. METHODS The push off phases of the counter-movement jumps (CMJ) on a force platform of 161 applicants (age: 19+/-2.9 yea...

Body Mass Index (BMI) is a weight-to-height ratio used as a quick and easy guide to obesity classification. BMI of 30 or greater is indicative of excess body fat and has been labelled as increasing the risk of degenerative diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Body fat percentage is also assessed through skinfold thickness measurement.. The aim of this study was to estimate the ...

This study aims to determine main health-related anthropometric and metabolic parameters in young physically active male students in their first year of study. Sixty one male students from a Polish university of physical education were studied twice-at the beginning of their first and second academic years. Body weight, height, waist circumference, and body composition were measured. Plasma lev...

PURPOSE The aim of the study was to evaluate electromechanical delay (EMD), peak torque (PT) and rate of force development (RFD) in selected muscles of right and left lower extremities in groups of female and male subjects. METHODS The study evaluated 9 volunteer female subjects (mean ± SD: age: 21.67 ± 0.87 years; height: 168 ± 7 cm; body mass: 59.44 ± 4.8 kg) and 10 male university students...