Physical Education Students’ Knowledge of Selected Safe and Non-Recommended Exercises Strengthening the Abdominal Muscles

Kędra Agnieszka () and Czaprowski Dariusz
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Kędra Agnieszka: Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport in Biała Podlaska, Department of Posture Correction and Compensation
Czaprowski Dariusz: Józef Rusiecki University College in Olsztyn, Department of Physiotherapy

Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism, 2016, vol. 23, issue 1, 29-34

Abstract: Introduction. The aim of the study was to assess final-year physical education (PE) students’ knowledge of exercises strengthening the abdominal muscles which are used in the introductory part of a PE lesson. Material and methods. The research involved 467 final-year physical education students. The group examined included undergraduate (Bachelor) and postgraduate (Master) students from four universities in Poland. A knowledge test with photographs was used to conduct the study. The students completed the knowledge test with one of the authors present. If the students had any questions regarding the exercises included in the test, they were demonstrated by the person in the photographs. The data were analysed using the Mann- Whitney-Wilcoxon test. Kendall’s concordance coefficient was used to assess reliability and measure the agreement between the opinions of a group of experts who were asked to rate the exercises in terms of their safety and effectiveness. The calculations were made with the use of statistical and calculation software (SPSS 9.0 for Windows). An alpha value

Keywords: exercises; strengthening of the abdominal muscles; students’ knowledge (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1515/pjst-2016-0004

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