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Anita Király
University of West Hungary, Faculty of P. E. and Sport Sciences, Győr, Hungary
Supervisor: Dr. Károly Ozsváth, associate professor
Fitness Level of Students in Győr
The Eurofit test system (EUT) was basically made for the characterization of one‘s fitness
level. In Hungary the reference scores of the Hungarian undergraduates were published by
Szabó and Frenkl (1997), later Ozsváth published the results of the teacher training students
of Budapest (1998, 2004), these were followed by last data of the Hungarian University of
Physical Education by Ozsváth and Oláh (2007,2008,2009).
In my presentation I am about to compare the above mentioned reference scores to the EUT
scores of undergraduates of Győr measured this year.
The purpose of our research was to determine the initial EUT reference scores and to
characterize the fitness level of the students of NYME-AK. Our aim was also to use a solid
―unisex‖ sum score evaluation system in the course of determining the fitness levels.
In our faculty we started the EUT assessments in fall, 2009. The number of subjects in the
sample was N=64 (n♂=34 and n♀=30), with an average age of 19.5 years. The EUT consists
out of 8 tests: Flamingo Balance (FLB), Plate tapping (PLT), Sit and Reach (SAR), Standing
Broad Jump (SBJ), Sit Up (SUP), Bent Arm Hang (BAH), Handgrip (HGR) and a Shuttle
Run (SHR). Moreover the students‘ height and weight were recorded and the BMI was
calculated. The unisex sum score was evaluated by standardized values according to the
recommended methods of EUT protocol (Barabas, 1993), where 20 points can be obtained in
each test item and 1 point embraces 0.25 extent of standard deviation. Data were cleaned,
checked, and the means between males and females were compared by a discriminant
analysis.
Scores of students in our faculty proved to be better in all EUT tests than the reference scores
of the Hungarian undergraduates and teacher training students (p