Effects of Spinal anxiety in Growing Adolescents on Student Health and Physical Fitness Assessment (PAPS)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of spinal anxiety in growing adolescents on student health and physical fitness evaluation (PAPS). The assessment encompassed cardiopulmonary endurance(Shuttle Run), flexibility(Seated Forward Bend), muscular endurance(Sit-up), and agility(Standing Long Jump) as health fitness components within the PAPS framework. Participants included normal male students, male students at spinal anxiety, normal female students, and female students at spianlanxiety. Based on this, the SPSS 18.0 program was employed to calculate the means and standard deviations. Independent sample t-tests were conducted to compare the means between normal male students and those at spinal anxiety, as well as between normal female students and those at spinal anxiety. In the analysis results, when comparing normal male students with those at risk of scoliosis, normal male students exhibited significantly higher levels of cardiopulmonary endurance (P<.001), muscular endurance ( P<.001), and agility ( P<.001) than male students at spinal anxiety. However, there was no significant difference observed in flexibility. In the comparison between normal female students and female students at spinal anxiety, normal female students demonstrated significantly higher levels of muscular endurance (P<.001) and agility ( P<.001) than female students at spinal anxiety. However, no significant differences were observed in cardiopulmonary endurance and flexibility. Consequently, this can serve as foundational information for the design of exercise programs for students at spinal anxiety, focusing on gender-specific emphasis on the components of physical fitness.