The physique and physical fitness tests of Kingdom of Cambodia

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to compare the height of children attending elementary schools in Cambodia with the Japanese in the same age. It is the comparison of the difference in terms of physical strength ability among the districts in Cambodia. The subjects of height measurement are 2336 girls and 2480 boys of phnom penh city (PNH), battambang stat (BTB), kompong cham state (KCM), shanouk ville state (SHV), kompong chhnang state (KCH), svay rieng state (SVR), kratie state (KRT), and rattanak kiri state (RNK). The subjects of physical fitness tests are girls and boys of 1 city (PNH) and 4 states (BTB, SHV, SVR, RNK). And the research was made with regard to sit-up, trunk-flexion, side-step, 20m-shuttle-run, 50m-dash and standing-long-jump. The children in the Cambodia were shorter than the Japanese children both girls and boys, and the growing-speed of the children in the Cambodia were slower than Japanese. Sit-up, side-step, 20m-shuttle-run, standing-long-jump, there were for significant difference among districts. There were no significant difference among girls and boys in terms of trunk-flexion and 50m-dash among districts.