Assessment of Physical Fitness in Medical Students

Authors

  • Sailesh Chaudhary Nepalgunj Medical College & Teaching Hospital
  • Rita Khadka B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences
  • Karishma Rajbhandari Pandey B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences
  • Bishnu Hari Paudel B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences
  • Gaurav Jung Shah Nepalgunj Medical College & Teaching Hospital
  • Hiramani Prasad Chaudhary Nepalgunj Medical College & Teaching Hospital

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jngmc.v19i1.40432

Keywords:

Beats Per Minute, Blood Pressure, Body Mass Index, Heart rate, Physical Fitness, Pulse rate

Abstract

Introduction: Physical activity promotes cerebral blood flow during cognitive tasks and possibly enhances performance. It is relevant to find relationship between post exercise recovery heart rate (RHR) and resting pulse rate in medical students.

Aims: To assess physical fitness in medical students.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 57 consenting healthy medical students, age 1730 years, underwent 3-Minutes Step Test to assess their physical fitness. Students were divided into four fitness groups based on RHR; good (n=9, RHR=50-84 bpm), satisfactory (n=17, RHR=88-100 bpm), poor (n=12, RHR=102-107 bpm), and very poor (n= 19, RHR=111-157 bpm) groups. The groups were compared using one-way ANOVA. A p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Results: Results showed that there were few numbers of students who fall in good fitness group (n= 9, Resting pulse rate mean 72.00 ± 9.29) in comparison to satisfactory fitness group (n= 17, Resting pulse rate mean (68.35 ± 5.95), poor fitness group (n= 12, Resting pulse rate mean 75.67 ± 6.88) and very poor fitness group (n=19, Resting pulse rate mean 78.89 ± 7.67). The level of significance between satisfactory fitness group and very poor fitness group, p <0.05 was statistically significant.

Conclusion: Most of the medical students fall under very poor fitness group. Satisfactory fitness group have less resting pulse rate in compare to very poor fitness group of medical students.

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Published

2022-01-16

How to Cite

Chaudhary, S., Khadka, R., Pandey, K. R., Paudel, B. H., Shah, G. J., & Chaudhary, H. P. (2022). Assessment of Physical Fitness in Medical Students. Journal of Nepalgunj Medical College, 19(1), 84–88. https://doi.org/10.3126/jngmc.v19i1.40432

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