Volume : 6, Issue : 6, June - 2017

Comparison of Calf girth, Thigh girth & Upper Arm girth between teenage male soccer player of Hill area & Plain area

Dr. Sanjoy Ghosh

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;The objective of the study was to find out the differences in the girth of Calf, Thigh and Upper Arm between the teenage soccer player of hill &amp; plain area because it assumes that power of legs are proportionate to girth.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And to find out the differences, 100 subjects each from hill &amp; plain areas were randomly&nbsp; chosen and their Calf, Thigh &amp; Upper Arm girth were recorded by using non-stretchable steel tape. The data were analyzed by using independent &lsquo;t&rsquo; test where the level of significance was set at <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A significant difference is observed in all the three girths and Mean difference showed that the hill area subjects had better Calf, Thigh &amp; Upper Arm girth.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The result suggest that the hill area subjects were more muscular than the plain area subjects.<o:p></o:p></p>