The purpose of the research was to find out the differences in aerobic endurance among children and adolescents with different somatotypes. The study includes a sample of 3476 measured students aged 6 to 14 from the ARTOS study, which was carried out at eleven primary schools throughout Slovenia. The measurements of these students took place in September 2013 and lasted until November 2013.
On basis of anthropometric measures, the somatotype of each individual student was determined using the Heath-Carter method, and in the analysis all groups of somatotypes were grouped into three groups: endomorphic, mesomorphic and ectomorphic.
For the assessment of aerobic endurance (VO2peak) of children a 20-m progressive run was used. The data has been processed by appropriate statistical methods.
When comparing the differences in the aerobic endurance of children with respect to somatotype, we found that in any age group, both with boys and girls, there are no statistically significant differences. It was also discovered that statistically typical differences in aerobic endurance exist at different age groups in all somatotypes and in both genders, with exception of endomorphic girls, who have no differences between the age group 9 to 11 years and 12 to 14 years. In determining the difference in aerobic endurance between girls and boys with respect to the somatotype, it has been shown that there are statistically typical differences between boys and girls in all somatotypes and in all age groups.
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