Effect of 12-Week Walking-Based Movement Training on Selected Motoric Features

Abstract

The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of 12 weeks of walking-based movement training on selected motor characteristics of women who had not done sports before. Two groups were included in the study: experimental group (n: 17, age: 18.47±0.72 years) and control group (n: 19, age: 19.16±1.01 years). The experimental group was given a training program that included walking-based movement training, 3 days a week and 60 minutes per day for 12 weeks, while the control group continued their daily lives. To determine motor characteristics, push-ups, sit-ups, flexibility, standing long jump, agility and 20-meter speed performances were determined. SPSS 22.0 program was used. As a result of the statistical evaluation, a statistically significant difference was found in the pre-test and post-test evaluations of the experimental group in favor of the post-test in push-ups, sit-ups, flexibility, standing long jump and 20-meter sprint performances (p<0.05). In the control group, it was determined that there was no statistically significant difference between the pre-test and post-test values ​​(p>0.05). No significance was found between the pre-test values ​​of the groups. In the comparison of the post-test values ​​of the groups, it was determined that there was a statistically significant difference at the level of p<0.05 in the standing long jump and 20-meter sprint performance in favor of the experimental group. As a result; it can be said that walking-based movement training applied to sedentary women positively affects some motor characteristics.