The Effect of a Three Week Sports Training Programme on the Coordinative Ability of Asthmatic Children

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dc.contributor.authorWekesa, Moni
dc.contributor.authorLanghof, H
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-29T10:21:55Z
dc.date.available2023-11-29T10:21:55Z
dc.date.issued1993-11
dc.description.abstractWe set out to evaluate the coordinative ability of asthmatic children and to find out how this component of physical fitness is affected by a training programme of a short duration. Seventeen asthmatic children participated in the study. Their ages ranged from 9.0 to 14.5 years. Their mean weight (+/- SD) was 44.89 +/- 14.94 kg and mean height (+/- SD) was 153.21 +/- 9.92 cm. Coordination was measured using the Body Coordination Test for Children (BCTC) developed by Kiphard and Schilling in 1974. The subjects participated three times a week in a sports programme. The results were analysed using the Wilcoxon test for dependent variables and regression analysis. We noted a significant improvement at the end of the training programme (p < 0.05), although there was no correlation between attendance and improvement in performance. Our results do not support the general view that asthmatics are unfit. We concluded that asthmatic children are not generally unfit, and that their coordinative ability can be improved within a relatively short time of training.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWekesa, M. and H. Langhof (1993): The effect of a three week sports training programme on the coordinative ability of asthmatic patients. E. Afri. Med. J. 70:678-681en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.daystar.ac.ke/handle/123456789/4254
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEast African Medical Journalen_US
dc.subjectEffecten_US
dc.subjectThreeen_US
dc.subjectWeeken_US
dc.subjectSportsen_US
dc.subjectTrainingen_US
dc.subjectProgrammeen_US
dc.subjectCoordinativeen_US
dc.subjectAsthmaticen_US
dc.subjectChildrenen_US
dc.titleThe Effect of a Three Week Sports Training Programme on the Coordinative Ability of Asthmatic Childrenen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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