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 Volume 10, Issue 5 (May 2023), Pages: 109-114

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 Original Research Paper

Normative data of agility T-test as a measure of change of direction speed in children aged 10-11

 Author(s): 

 Wajdi Dardouri 1, 2, *, Mohamed Ali Khanfir 1, 3, Meher Mrayeh 1, 4, Sultan Alardan 1, Mohamed Zouch 1, 5

 Affiliation(s):

 1Department of Sport Sciences and Physical Activity, College of Education, University of Ha’il, Ha’il, Saudi Arabia
 2Research Unit «School and University Sportive Practices and Performance», High Institute of Sports and Physical Education, Kef, Jendouba University, Jendouba, Tunisia
 3Research Laboratory: Education, Motricity, Sport and Health, EM2S, LR19JS01, High Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
 4High Institute of Sports and Physical Education, Ksar Said, Manouba University, Manouba, Tunisia
 5Research Laboratory of Exercise Physiology and Pathophysiology: From Integral to Molecular “Biology, Medicine and Health” (LR19ES09), Faculty of Medicine of Sousse, University of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2610-9202

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2023.05.013

 Abstract:

The objective of the current study was to assess the relative agility T-test as a measure of change of direction speed and establish normative data specifically for children aged 10-11. A sample of 350 boys and 220 girls within the specified age range, with no medical history of disease, was randomly recruited from various schools. The mean and standard deviation, as well as the range of values, were determined for several variables including age, body mass, height, and BMI for both boys (n=350, age=10.83±0.38 years, body mass=34.42±5.61 kg, height=1.44±0.06 m, BMI=16.59±2.13 kg/m²) and girls (n=220, age=10.79±0.41 years, body mass=34.85±6.36 kg, height=1.44±0.07 m, BMI=16.61±2.15 kg/m²). The T-test, along with the FCMJ and 30mSS tests, were performed at least three times with a three-minute recovery period between trials and a five-minute recovery period between tests. Test-retest reliability of the T-test was evaluated using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), which yielded values of 0.95 for girls and 0.97 for boys. Significant correlations were observed between the T-test and FCMJ as well as the 30mSS for girls (r=-0.384, p<0.0001 and r=0.416, p<0.0001, respectively) and for boys (r=-0.344, p<0.0001 and r=0.440, p<0.0001, respectively). The study provides percentile values that can be utilized to monitor the physical fitness levels of both girls and boys.

 © 2023 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Normative data, Agility, T-test, Reproducibility, Validity

 Article History: Received 25 October 2022, Received in revised form 9 March 2023, Accepted 16 March 2023

 Funding 

This research was funded by Scientific Research Deanship at the University of Ha’il-Saudi Arabia through project number RG_191321.

 Acknowledgment 

The authors would like to thank all participants in this study for their strong cooperation and availability.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Dardouri W, Khanfir MA, Mrayeh M, Alardan S, and Zouch M (2023). Normative data of agility T-test as a measure of change of direction speed in children aged 10-11. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 10(5): 109-114

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