Assessment of physical fitness of sedentary and physically active male college students by a modified Harvard step test
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Ergonomics
- Vol. 24 (1) , 15-20
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00140138108924826
Abstract
Physical fitness was assessed in two groups of young college students, sedentary (n= 188) and physically active (n= 164), by a modified Harvard step test suitable for Indian subjects. Mean PFI score was found to be significantly higher (pp < 0·001) with resting heart rate (both in sitting and standing postures). The results obtained in the present investigation once again revealed the much poorer physical fitness level of Indians by comparison with westerners.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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