Open AccessThe association between physical activity and basic fitness tests in female junior Reserve Officer Training Unit (ROTU), National Defence University Malaysia (NDUM)
Author(s) -
Mohar Kassim,
Edawaty Ujang,
Norfazilawati Othman
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1529/2/022073
Subject(s) - association (psychology) , officer , physical fitness , test (biology) , session (web analytics) , psychology , unit (ring theory) , applied psychology , physical therapy , gerontology , medicine , mathematics education , biology , computer science , geography , paleontology , archaeology , world wide web , psychotherapist
The aim of this research is to determine the association between physical activity and basic fitness tests in female junior ROTU. This research is a descriptive quantitative research using IPAQ and it involves a 2.4 km run test, push-up and sit-up. A total of 103 respondents from ROTU, NDUM 2017 session were selected at random for this research. The findings showed that inactive physical activity led to failed basic fitness tests. There is an intention of investigating the association between physical activity and basic fitness tests in female senior and intermediate ROTU.