A study on physical fitness of ballroom dancers

• Main Authors: Lin, Chu-Chung, 林主忠
• Other Authors: Chen, Ting-Hsiung
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2002
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/41344705147196989118

碩士 === 國立臺灣體育學院 === 體育研究所 === 90 === Lin, Chu-Chung (2002). A study on physical fitness of ballroom dancers. Unpublished master’s thesis, National Taiwan College of Physical Education, Taichung. ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to compare the differences of body composition, reaction time, agility, balance, coordination, muscular strength, muscular endurance, power, flexibility and cardiorespiratory endurance among professional standard dancers, professional Latin-American dancers and amateur dancers. Subjects were chosen at random as follows : Ten professional standard dancers as Professional standard dance group, ten professional Latin-American dancers as Professional Latin-American dance group and twenty amateur dancers as amateur dance group. The total forty dancers received body composition measurement (body composition), whole body reaction measurement (reaction time), side step test (agility), open eye single foot stand test (balance), rhythmic test fast for right hand (coordination), back strength and grip strength dynamometer tests (muscular strength), 1-minute flexed leg sit-up test (muscular endurance), vertical jump (power), modified sit — and — reach test (flexibility) and Harvard step test (cardio-respiratory endurance). Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test all values of the tests. The results state that there are no significant differences of body composition, reaction time, agility, balance, coordination, muscular strength, power, flexibility and cardiorespiratory endurance among three groups except the mean age of the professional Latin-American dancers which is lower than the other two groups and the mean height of the professional dancers is taller than that of the amateur dancers, even the differences reach significant. Regarding muscular endurance, professional Latin-American male dancers are much better than the other two groups, the difference reaches significant, but the result of the mixed analysis of male and female dancers states there is no significant difference among three groups. Key words : ballroom dance, physical fitness