IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

Spatial-Temporal Parameters running Gait of Obese & Non-Obese female children

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Dr. Amarpreet Singh , Ravinder kour

Abstract

Obesity is one of the leading health complications in the world, one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century it effect on every system of human body, locomotory system. The present study is a quantitative study, which was designed to investigate the variations of selected gait parameters between obese & non-obese females aged between 12-14 years. The whole sample consisted of 50 subjects with equal number of obese (50) and non-obese (50) females. The subjects were instructed to run across a pre-designed walkway at their maximum speeds. During this, they were filmed using high-resolution cameras. The criterion measures of interest were spatial temporal parameters. Conclusion: the result shows that significant difference was found between obes and non obese subject in all selected spatial temporal parameters except Swing Phase in seconds

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