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Examining and comparing the health and performance indices of university undergraduate students according to year of study and gender

This study examined and compared, based on year of study and gender, the health and performance indices of university undergraduate students. Eighty-nine students (mean±standard deviation age, 22.47±2.22 years) were randomly selected for assessment prior to second semester examination of 2015/2016 a...

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Autores principales: Moses, Monday Omoniyi, Osei, Francis, Appiah, Eric Juniour, Obour, Agnes, Akwa, Lady Gwendoline, Baffour-Awuah, Biggie, Asamoah, Benjamin, Sarpong, Peter Akwasi, Adams, Caleb, D’Onofrio, Rosario
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Publicado: Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5667617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29114505
http://dx.doi.org/10.12965//jer.1735006.503
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author Moses, Monday Omoniyi
Osei, Francis
Appiah, Eric Juniour
Obour, Agnes
Akwa, Lady Gwendoline
Baffour-Awuah, Biggie
Asamoah, Benjamin
Sarpong, Peter Akwasi
Adams, Caleb
D’Onofrio, Rosario
author_facet Moses, Monday Omoniyi
Osei, Francis
Appiah, Eric Juniour
Obour, Agnes
Akwa, Lady Gwendoline
Baffour-Awuah, Biggie
Asamoah, Benjamin
Sarpong, Peter Akwasi
Adams, Caleb
D’Onofrio, Rosario
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description This study examined and compared, based on year of study and gender, the health and performance indices of university undergraduate students. Eighty-nine students (mean±standard deviation age, 22.47±2.22 years) were randomly selected for assessment prior to second semester examination of 2015/2016 academic year. body mass index, resting metabolic rate, visceral fat, skeletal muscle mass, body fat, systolic & diastolic blood pressure, resting heart rate, upper & lower body endurance, handgrip strength, and lower back and hamstring flexibility were assessed. The students had sedentary heart rate, low skeletal muscle mass, average upper and lower body endurance, and weak handgrip strength. Significant difference existed in the visceral fat (P=0.008) between third and fourth year students. There were significant gender differences in resting metabolic rate (P=0.000), skeletal muscle mass (P=0.000), body fat (P=0.000), systolic blood pressure (P=0.001), heart rate (P=0.005) and handgrip strength (P=0.000). There are gender differences in association between health and performance indices. Dependable health education and pragmatic involvement of undergraduate university students in structured exercise programmes are recommended.
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spelling pubmed-56676172017-11-07 Examining and comparing the health and performance indices of university undergraduate students according to year of study and gender Moses, Monday Omoniyi Osei, Francis Appiah, Eric Juniour Obour, Agnes Akwa, Lady Gwendoline Baffour-Awuah, Biggie Asamoah, Benjamin Sarpong, Peter Akwasi Adams, Caleb D’Onofrio, Rosario J Exerc Rehabil Original Article This study examined and compared, based on year of study and gender, the health and performance indices of university undergraduate students. Eighty-nine students (mean±standard deviation age, 22.47±2.22 years) were randomly selected for assessment prior to second semester examination of 2015/2016 academic year. body mass index, resting metabolic rate, visceral fat, skeletal muscle mass, body fat, systolic & diastolic blood pressure, resting heart rate, upper & lower body endurance, handgrip strength, and lower back and hamstring flexibility were assessed. The students had sedentary heart rate, low skeletal muscle mass, average upper and lower body endurance, and weak handgrip strength. Significant difference existed in the visceral fat (P=0.008) between third and fourth year students. There were significant gender differences in resting metabolic rate (P=0.000), skeletal muscle mass (P=0.000), body fat (P=0.000), systolic blood pressure (P=0.001), heart rate (P=0.005) and handgrip strength (P=0.000). There are gender differences in association between health and performance indices. Dependable health education and pragmatic involvement of undergraduate university students in structured exercise programmes are recommended. Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation 2017-08-29 /pmc/articles/PMC5667617/ /pubmed/29114505 http://dx.doi.org/10.12965//jer.1735006.503 Text en Copyright © 2017 Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Moses, Monday Omoniyi
Osei, Francis
Appiah, Eric Juniour
Obour, Agnes
Akwa, Lady Gwendoline
Baffour-Awuah, Biggie
Asamoah, Benjamin
Sarpong, Peter Akwasi
Adams, Caleb
D’Onofrio, Rosario
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title_short Examining and comparing the health and performance indices of university undergraduate students according to year of study and gender
title_sort examining and comparing the health and performance indices of university undergraduate students according to year of study and gender
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5667617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29114505
http://dx.doi.org/10.12965//jer.1735006.503
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