Author(s): Dr. Thingnam Nandalal Singh and Bhagwat Singh

Abstract:
The objective of the study was to compare cardiovascular fitness among school children of Uttrakhand. The subjects for this study were from the state of Uttrakhand. The simple random sampling was used in the study. A total number of Two Thousand (2000) subjects were selected from the Rural and Urban part of Uttrakhand. Moreover, subjects were also selected from different schools (Private and Government) of Uttrakhand. The all subjects were between age group of 13-17 years. To check the cardiovascular fitness of subjects Cooper 12 Min Run/Walk test was used by the researcher. After the collection of relevant data; to investigate the significance difference between cardiovascular fitness among school children of Uttrakhand, Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied. The level of significance was set at 0.05 percent (p<0.5). After the analysis the results shows that the Government Rural School boys had better cardiovascular fitness as compare to the Private Rural School boys. The result shows that the Government Rural School boys had better cardiovascular fitness as compare to the Government Urban School boys. Further the results shows that the Government Rural School boys had better cardiovascular fitness as compare to the Private Urban School boys.

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