高等専門学校生の体力における発達傾向の差異−1990年および2000年に入学した男子学生を対象として−

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　This study aimed to examine the differences in the developmental tendency of the physical fitness of young Japanese male students enrolled in 1990 and 2000 at the National College of Technology. A total of 127 and 77 males in both groups took physical fitness test over a four-year period, respectively. The 4 physique and 12 physical fitness and motor ability tests developed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports Science, and Technology of Japan were used. The mean differences were examined using two-way analysis of variance with one-factor repeated measurements. Body linearity and volume growth increased with age in both the 1990 and 2000 groups. The students from the 2000 group had a larger muscle mass but no significant difference in percent body fat with age compared to the students from the 1990 group. Muscular strength developed with age in both groups and was superior in the lower grades of the 2000 group. Muscular power and cardiorespiratory endurance were inferior in all grades of the students in the 2000 group, but agility was superior. The development of flexibility and muscular endurance with age was almost the same in both the 1990 and 2000 groups. Male students at the National College of Technology may require increased muscular power and cardiorespiratory endurance.