NORMATIVE REFERENCE STANDARD FOR CORE MUSCULAR ENDURANCE OF ADOLESCENT 12-16 YEARS FROM SOUTH PUNJAB PAKISTAN: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Authors

  • Muhammad Zeeshan Haider Hamdani, Syed Department of Sports Sciences, Bahauddin Zakria University, Multan, Pakistan. Research Scholar, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Shanghai University of Sports, Shanghai, China
  • Jie Zhuang School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
  • Ghufran Hadier, Syed Ph.D. Scholar, School of Physical Education, Shanxi University, China
  • Wang Tian School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
  • Danish Haider Hamdani, Syed Ph.D. Scholar, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
  • Shaista Shireen Ph.D. Scholar, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
  • Urooj Fatima, Syeda Department of Sports Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
  • Sadaf Kazmi Education Department, Multan, South Punjab, Pakistan

Keywords:

Human health, Core muscular endurance, Normative reference standard, Percentile curves, Health related physical fitness

Abstract

Background: Core muscular endurance has been a part of the investigation for several decades in clinical and non-clinical settings. Current research had three objectives as; firstly, the prevalence estimation of muscular endurance; secondly, to provide the normative reference standards of plank test by Lambda (?), Mu (µ) and Sigma (?) ‘LMS’ technique and lastly, to provide the status of healthy and un-healthy zones of aged 12 to 16 years old adolescents of South Punjab for the very first time. Methods: This study is a cross-sectional descriptive research design with a total of 2970 students aged 12–16 contributing almost equally in numbers from 60 public high schools. Muscular endurance was estimated from Plank to Fatigue (PTF) test. LMS method/technique was deployed to acquire reference norms for muscular endurance by the plank test. Results: The plank endurance test calculated age and gender-specific smoothed percentile curves (5th, 20th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 80th, and 95th). Overall, results reflected that boys were found higher in average plank values than their counterparts; meanwhile, the international comparison showed that current outcomes are similar to the preceding studies. The result showed that 60.1% of the population is falling in the poor, medium and very poor categories. Conclusion: The present study exhibited the earliest age-gender specific plank endurance test normative reference values, percentile curves and health-benefit zones of 12 to 16 years old adolescents of South Punjab Pakistan.

Pak J Physiol 2022;18(1):3?8

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Author Biography

Jie Zhuang, School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China

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Published

31-03-2022

How to Cite

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Hamdani MZH, Zhuang J, Hadier G, Tian W, Hamdani DH, Shireen S, et al. NORMATIVE REFERENCE STANDARD FOR CORE MUSCULAR ENDURANCE OF ADOLESCENT 12-16 YEARS FROM SOUTH PUNJAB PAKISTAN: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY. Pak J Phsyiol [Internet]. 2022 Mar. 31 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];18(1):3-8. Available from: https://pjp.pps.org.pk/index.php/PJP/article/view/1440