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International Journal of Physiology, Nutrition and Physical Education
ISSN: 2456-0057

2019, Vol. 4, Issue 1
A diagnostic study of cardiovascular fitness between rural and urban college girls of physical education classes
Author(s): Dr. Rajesh Kumar
Abstract:
The purpose of present study was to find out the significant difference between cardiovascular fitness of the rural and urban college girls who opted physical education as an elective subject. 200 college level female girls of four colleges from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra two colleges of Rural Area and two colleges of Urban Areas were selected as the subjects for study. The age of subjects ranged from 17 to 25 year. Cardiovascular fitness were measured with the help of twelve minute run and walk test constructed by Cooper in 1968. After the collection of relevant data, it was processed and analyzed with descriptivestatistics. The study conducted on the cardiovascular fitness of rural and urban college girls provided valuable information about the relative health of rural and urban girls as it disproved the widely held nation that rural girls are in general fitter than their urban counterpart. The study showed that urban girls have on the average higher endurance levels than rural girls.
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International Journal of Physiology, Nutrition and Physical Education
How to cite this article:
Dr. Rajesh Kumar. A diagnostic study of cardiovascular fitness between rural and urban college girls of physical education classes. Int J Physiol Nutr Phys Educ 2019;4(1):586-587.
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