The Relation Between Anthropometric Measurement and Physical Fitness in the Elderly Population

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10.2991/ahsr.k.220106.047How to use a DOI?

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Anthropometric Measurement; Fitnes Status; Elderly Population

Abstract

Old age is human’s final development stage. Aging in old age will bring consequences in deteriorating functions and increased prevalence of degenerative diseases in the elderly. To keep being productive, elderly people need to know about the importance of physical activities, anthropometric measurements, and physical fitness. The objective of the present study is to obtain data on anthropometric measurements, including waist size, hip circumference and waist size to hip circumference ratio and fitness status in the elderly population using 6 minutes walk. The present study is an observational analytical study performed using a cross sectional approach. The sampling used consecutive sampling method. The population and sample of the present study were Teratai Nogotirto Elderly Group, Nogotirto Urban Village, Gamping Sub-district, Sleman. The elderly people were 90 people coached by the Indonesian Doctor Association (IDI) and Indonesian Doctor’s Wife Association (IIDI) of Yogyakarta. The research location was Nogotirto Village Meeting Hall, Nogotirto Urban Village, Gamping Sub-district, Sleman. The research instrument was an anthropometric measurement and physical fitness test. The instrument to collect data was a 6 minutes walk. The anthropometric data was waist size, hip circumference and waist size to hip circumference ratio measurements. The normality test was One-Sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test, which showed that all data variables i.e. waist size, hip circumference and waist size to hip circumference ratio and 6 minutes walk, had normal data distribution. All data was normally distributed so that Pearson’s correlation test was performed to determine whether there was any relation between anthropometric status and physical fitness. The Pearson’s correlation test result showed that all research variables, i.e. waist size, hip circumference and waist size to hip circumference ratio, are p<0,05, in which waist size (p=0.678), hip circumference (p=0.391) and RLPP (0.537). The significance value p<0.05 shows that there was a significant correlation between waist size, hip circumference, and RLPP and physical fitness. It’s concluded that there is no relation between waist size, hip circumference and waist size to hip circumference ratio and the physical fitness status of the elderly.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Cerika Rismayanthi
AU  - Prijo Sudibjo
AU  - Krisnanda Dwi Apriyanto
AU  - Satya Perdana
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/22
TI  - The Relation Between Anthropometric Measurement and Physical Fitness in the Elderly Population
BT  - Proceedings of the Conference on Interdisciplinary Approach in Sports in conjunction with the 4th Yogyakarta International Seminar on Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science (COIS-YISHPESS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 247
EP  - 250
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.220106.047
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.220106.047
ID  - Rismayanthi2022
ER  -