The comparison of flexibility and physical Characteristics in
Czech Adult Population

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The comparison of flexibility and physical Characteristics in Czech Adult Population

HRAZDÍRA, Eduard, Jan CACEK, Tomáš KALINA and Pavel GRASGRUBER

Basic information

Original name

The comparison of flexibility and physical Characteristics in Czech Adult Population

Authors

HRAZDÍRA, Eduard (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Jan CACEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Tomáš KALINA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Pavel GRASGRUBER (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Itálie, International Congress of Physical Education, Sport and Kinetotherapy - 4th Edition - UNEFS, p. 61-65, 5 pp. 2015

Publisher

Medimond

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

Sport and leisure time activities

Country of publisher

Italy

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

storage medium (CD, DVD, flash disk)

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14510/15:00086925

Organization unit

Faculty of Sports Studies

ISBN

978-88-7587-718-7

UT WoS

000360246100010

Keywords in English

flexibility; body fat; obesity

Abstract

V originále

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between flexibility (detected by sit and reach test) and percentage of body fat. The secondary aim was to describe the relationship between flexibility and waist to hip ratio (WHR) and BMI by gender. 1266 subjects of adult (18+) Czech population (581 men and 685 women) participated to this cross sectional study. Pearson correlation coefficients revealed significant relationships (p<0.05) between flexibility (sit and reach test) and %BF (r = -0.133), WHR (r = -0.314), BMI (r = -0.298). However, the coefficient of determination (% BF: r2 = 0,018; WHR: r2 = 0,09; BMI: r2 = 0,088) shows at relatively low size of effect of the relationship between flexibility and selected indicators of obesity. When we looked for a relationship between the degree of obesity and flexibility in men and women, we found that % BF significantly higher determines the flexibility in men than in women (r = 0.406 vs 0.332). For other parameters (BMI and WHR) were correlation with the flexibility lower and similar both sexes (demonstrated statistical significance at p <0.05).

Links

EE2.3.20.0044, research and development project

Name: Vytvoření výzkumného týmu vedeného reintegrovaným českým vědcem za účelem zjišťování úrovně pohybové aktivity (inaktivity) u vybraných věkových skupin mužů a žen v ČR

Citovat

HRAZDÍRA, Eduard, Jan CACEK, Tomáš KALINA and Pavel GRASGRUBER. The comparison of flexibility and physical Characteristics in Czech Adult Population (The comparison of flexibility and physical characteristics in czech adult population). In Stanescu, M; Paunescu, M. International Congress of Physical Education, Sport and Kinetotherapy - 4th Edition - UNEFS. Itálie: Medimond, 2015, p. 61-65. ISBN 978-88-7587-718-7.

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HRAZDÍRA, Eduard, Jan CACEK, Tomáš KALINA and Pavel GRASGRUBER. The comparison of flexibility and physical Characteristics in Czech Adult Population (The comparison of flexibility and physical characteristics in czech adult population). In Stanescu, M; Paunescu, M. \textit{International Congress of Physical Education, Sport and Kinetotherapy - 4th Edition - UNEFS}. Itálie: Medimond, 2015, p.~61-65. ISBN~978-88-7587-718-7.

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