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Differences in morphological characteristics and motor skills between high school girls and boys

This study was a transversal research with the goal of finding existence of differences in morphological characteristics and motor skills between high school girls and boys. For this purpose a total of 410 high school pupils have been examined in Zagreb. The sample included 205 boys and 205 girls, from 15 to 19 years of age. All subjects were tested in the same environment with altogether 13 standard morphologic measures and motor tests. Anthropometric measures were described with following variables: body height, body mass, upper arm girth, upper leg girth, and upper arm skinfold and shank skinfold. Motor abilities were estimated via following motor tests: obstacle course over and through (coordination), standing long jump (explosive strength), sit-ups (muscular strength of the torso), bent arm hang (muscular endurance of the shoulder girdle and arms), arm plate tapping (movement frequency), forward bent (flexibility) and one legged balance bench standing (balance). Basic descriptive parameters were calculated for all the data and canonical discriminative analysis resulted in statistically significant differences between boys and girls

boys; discriminative analysis; girls; high school pupils; morphological characteristics; motor skills

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