Arunachalam Lakshmanan1 and Sekar Sakthivel2*
1&2Faculty of General and Adapted Physical Education Yoga, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, SRKV Post, Peiyanaikken Palayam, Coimbatore-641020, Tamil Nadu, India.
*Correspondence: sakthivels@cbe.rkmvu.ac.in (Dr. Sekar Sakthivel, Assistant Professor, Faculty of General and Adapted Physical Education Yoga, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, SRKV Post, Peiyanaikken Palayam, Coimbatore-641020, Tamil Nadu, India).
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ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to analysis of strength and body composition variables among hard of hearing and hearing men kabaddi players in Tamilnadu. One hundred and ninety two (N=192) hard of hearing and hearing men kabaddi players from various districts of Tamilnadu state, India, were included in this study as subjects and group - 1 as hard of hearing group (n=96), the group - 2 as a hearing group (n=96). Arm Strength left and right were measured by using a grip dynamometer in kilograms, height was measured by using stadio meter in centimeters and body mass index was measured by using a body composition analyser in kilograms. The results revealed that significant differences found between hearing impaired kabaddi players group and the normal kabaddi players group on selected strength and body composition variables. It was concluded that hearing impaired kabaddi players group determined low arm strength and body composition than the hearing kabaddi players group.
Keywords: Arm strength left, Arm strength right, Height, Body mass index, and Hearing impairment.
Citation: Lakshmanan A., and Sakthivel S. (2023). Analysis of strength and body composition variables among hard of hearing and hearing men kabaddi players in Tamilnadu, Br. J. Arts Humanit., 5(3), 166-171. https://doi.org/10.34104/bjah.02301660171
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