The differences of anthropometry, postural stability and daily physical activity between urban and rural elementary students

• Main Author: 盧盈智
• Other Authors: 黎俊彥
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/30685032811303431192

碩士 === 國立新竹教育大學 === 進修部體育教學碩士班 === 94 === Abstract Students from 12 sampled urban elementary schools (12/17) and from 23 sampled rural elementary schools (23/34) were recruited as subjects. The classification of urban and rural elementary schools was according to the number of students in each school. For example、schools have more than one thousand students were classified as urban and schools have less than one hundred students were classified as rural. Because there are fewer students in rural schools、all students from the twelvive representative rural schools were selected and tested for data analyses. The total number of subjects was 712 elementary students (260 students from urban school and 432 students from rural schools). Anthropometry was measured by anthropometric somatotypes followed by the methods described by Carter and Heath. Postural stability was measured by AMTI force plate as the mean radius of center of pressure (COP) distribution. Physical activity was evaluated by the seven day physical activity questionnare recall. All data were expressed as mean  standard deviation and the independent two-way ANOVA was used to examine the difference between urban and rural students in anthropometry、postural stability、and physical activity. The significant level of statistics was set as α= 0.05. Results as follow: 1) Anthropometry: urban students were taller than rural students and boys weighed more than girls. Boys have higher portion of Mesodormorph than girls but girls have higher portion of Ectomorph than boys』. 2) Postural stability: The mean radius of COP was significant smaller in rural students than urban students. 3) Physical activity: More weekly activities、daily sleep hours、middle、heavy、and severe activities were found in rural students than urban students. Otherwise、urban students participated more in light activity than rural students. This study demonstrated than the characteristics of physique and motor performance between urban and rural students were different and might affect by numerious factors. Our result might provide useful information for education policies-making and resources enhancing.