Effects of Exercise Program on Health - Related Physical Fitness of Female Sports Science Students Mahasarakham University
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Exercise program, physical fitness, health in female studentsAbstract
This study was a quasi-experimental research, one-group pretest-posttest design. The objectives were to study the effect of an exercise program on the health-related physical fitness of female sports science students at Mahasarakham University. The sample group consisted of female students in the field of sports science. Mahasarakham University, Year 1-4, 23 students, obtained by simple random sampling method. Research experimental instruments included an exercise program on health-related physical fitness, Data was collected by a body composition test, a cardiovascular and respiratory endurance test, a flexibility test, a muscle endurance test, and an arm and leg muscle strength test. Data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics, paired samples t-test, and Wilcoxon signed-rank test.
The results revealed that flexibility, leg muscle strength, cardiovascular and respiratory endurance, muscle endurance, left-right hand muscle strength, and core muscle strength before and after using the station exercise program had increased values with statistical significance at the .001 level. Body mass index was not different.
The findings suggest that circuit training exercise programs should be applied to students in other faculties to enable effective exercise, improve physical fitness, and reduce the risk of various diseases.
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