Relationship between height and step length, in children of Primary Education

Authors

  • Jose Luis Aguilar Reguero a:1:{s:5:"es_ES";s:22:"Universidad de Málaga";} Spain
  • Pablo Subires Gómez Spain
  • Arnoldo José González Suárez Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/JPEHMjpehmjpehm.v2i29885

Keywords:

walking, walk test, evaluation, school-children

Abstract

The objective of this research was to determine if there was a relationship between height and stride length in a sample of healthy children in Primary Education (from 1st to 6th grade). The sample was made up of one hundred and thirty-eight students (n= 138) from 6 to 12 years old (61 boys and 77 girls) from the C.E.I.P. Los Morales (Málaga-Spain) during the 2017/2018 academic year. An adaptation of the ten meters fast walk test and the Körper koordinations test für kinder was used. Descriptive statistics were calculated for all measurements of the children's gait. The variables by course (age) turned out to be significant. In the case of gender, there are no statistically significant differences between the variables considered between the two genders. The results indicate that the stride length of school-age children is equivalent to 37 ± 4% of their height.

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Published

2020-09-11

How to Cite

Aguilar Reguero, J. L., Subires Gómez, P., & González Suárez, A. J. (2020). Relationship between height and step length, in children of Primary Education. Journal of Physical Education and Human Movement, 2(2), 21–35. https://doi.org/10.24310/JPEHMjpehmjpehm.v2i29885