International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 4

Impact of aerobic dance on vital capacity among college male students

  • Author:
  • K. Ashokan, George Abraham
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 157 to 162

*PhD Scholar, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India

**Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India

Online published on 12 February, 2015.

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to find out the impact of aerobic dance on vital capacity among the college male students. Thirty students (n = 30) were randomly selected as subjects and age were ranged between 18 and 22 years. The selected subjects were randomly assigned into two equal groups such as a training group (TG) and the control group (CG) for the strengths of fifteen (n = 15) each. The training group underwent respective aerobic dance training program for twelve weeks duration for three days per week and a session on each day. The CG did not give any special training programme apart from their regular activities. Vital Capacity was taken as a criterion variable for the present study and the instrument were used to measure the vital capacity was Wet Spiro-meter. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to analyze the collected data. The results revealed that the aerobic dance training was made significant improvement (p ≤ 0.05) in vital capacity of the selected subjects. The level of confidence was fixed at 0.05 in all cases.

Keywords

Aerobic dance training, vital capacity, college male students