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Relationship between motor abilities, physical activity, and cardiorespiratory endurance

Cardiorespiratory fitness is a dimension of physical health associated with physical activity in a way that leads to many health benefits. The aim of this research was to determine the relationship between motor skills, physical activity (PA), and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). The sample consisted of 129 female students enrolled at the Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb - Department in Čakovec, with an average age of 21±0.12 years. The predictor set consisted of a variable body mass index (BMI), 7 Eurofit tests to assess motor abilities and three indices of PA of the Baecke questionnaire (sports, leisure and faculty index). The criterion variable for assessing CRF was the Beep test. The results were calculated by the regression stepwise method. Pearson's correlation coefficients between CRF and motor abilities, BMI, and physical activity index showed low to moderate correlations. Cardiorespiratory endurance significantly correlates negatively with the BMI, and positively with the sports and leisure time index and variables for assessing muscular endurance, agility, trunk strength and explosive leg power. However, regression analysis showed that significant predictors in explaining the variance in CRF were the variables bent arm hang (BETA=.20 ; p=.031), standing broad jump (BETA=.19 ; p=.043), sports index (BETA=.19 ; p=.020 and 10x5 m shuttle run test (BETA=-.17 ; p=.039) which explained 27% of the variance of the criterion variable. This research provides evidence that CRF is generally associated with BMI, TA in sports and leisure time, and motor abilities of energy regulation in female students. However, bent arm hang, standing broad jump, sports index and 10x5 m shuttle run were considered the most important predictors of cardiorespiratory endurance.

cardiorespiratory endurance ; motor abilities ; physical activity

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