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• TITLE: A Comparative Study of Physical Fitness among Egyptian and German Children Aged Between 6 and 10 Years

  AUTHORS: Osama Abdel Karim, Achraf Ammar, Hamdi Chtourou, Matthias Wagner, Lars Schlenker, Anthony Parish, Tarek Gaber, Anita Hökelmann, Klaus Bös

  KEYWORDS: Motor Development, Physical Fitness, Anthropometric Parameters, PE Curriculum

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Physical Education, Vol.5 No.1, January 27, 2015

  ABSTRACT: The aim of the present study was to compare the physical fitness of Egyptian (n = 403) and German (n = 1712) volunteer children aged between 6 and 10 years. The German motor test (DMT), height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) were measured. ANOVA showed that the results of the motor performance ability (MPA) were affected by the ethnicity with higher performance for German children (p p p p p p p > 0.05, respect to 6 and 10 years old). With maturation from six to ten years, the achievement level for both populations show a positive improvement in the coordination and strength, and reduction in the flexibility (p