Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: May | Volume: 12 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 170-186
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20220520
Effect of Agility Training Exercise on Motor Proficiency and Anthropometry in 6 To 10-Year-Old Overweight Children - A Randomized Controlled Trial
Kavya A Prasannan1, Lija Mathew2
1PG Student (Paediatrics), College of Physiotherapy,
Medical Trust Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi-682309.
2Assistant Professor, College of Physiotherapy, Medical Trust Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi- 682309.
Corresponding Author: Lija Mathew
ABSTRACT
Background and Objectives: Overweight and Obesity is the current global and threatening nutritional non-communicable health disorders faced by children and adolescents leading to morbidity and mortality in early adult life. FMS represent the foundational skills required to participate in many physical activities, and include locomotor skills (e.g., running, jumping, and hopping) and object-control or manipulative skills (e.g., catching, throwing, and kicking). Early intervention is necessary to promote healthy life style & improve fitness. Therefore, this study was undertaken to determine the effects of agility training on anthropometry and motor proficiency in 6 to 10 years old obese and overweight children.
Methodology: Sixteen subjects were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, then divided into two groups. Group A (Experimental group n= 8) received Warm up exercises, star agility run and cool down exercises. Group B (Control group n=8) received both warm up and cool down exercises with jogging and skipping. Exercise program was held for three days a week for 40 minutes for 4 weeks. Motor proficiency and anthropometry were measured at the beginning and at the end of intervention sessions using Bruininks-Oseretsky test of motor proficiency, Skin fold thickness (calliper), and BMI.
Results: From pre to post four week intervention, a statistically significant changes were observed in most of the outcome measures in paired t test of experimental group when compared to control group, most probably in skin fold (triceps p=0.001, abdomen p=0.01, thigh p<0.01) and BOT (p<0.01). Between groups from pre to post four week intervention only BOT (p=0.01) shows a significant improvement. In case of skin fold measurements, the results showed statistically less significant from pre test to post test. In the case of BMI, between group and within group showed no change.
Conclusion: According to the present study, four weeks of agility training showed significant changes in the BOT scores in experimental group when compared to the control group. Hence the study concluded that a planned and structured four weeks of agility training program is effective in improving motor proficiency in 6 to 10-year-old overweight & obese children.
Key words: Motor proficiency, Anthropometry, star agility run, physical activity.