Effects of 8-Week Orienteering Training on Physical Fitness Parameters among Adolescents Aged 14–18 Years

Table 2

Comparison of health-related parameters of physical fitness within and between groups.

		Pretest	Posttest	Mean rank N/P/T	Sum of ranks N/P/T
Flexibility (cm)	OTG			0.00/10.50/-	0.00/210.00/-	−3.932	0.001
	CG			10.00/11.11/-	20.00/211.00/-	−3.333	0.001
		162.50	164.00
		0.215	0.230
Elastic strength (cm)	OTG			9.22/9.78/2	83.00/88.00/2	−0.109	0.913
	CG			10.50/11.67/-	126.00/105.00/-	−0.365	0.715
		199.50	200.00
		0.784	0.794
VO2max Ml/kg/min	OTG			1.00/10.50/1	1.00/189.00/1	−3.783	0.001
	CG			3.75/12.71/-	15.00/216.00/-	−3.493	0.001
		192.00	439.00
		0.639	0.958
Rockport time (min)	OTG			10.25/6.88/1	143.50/27.50/1	−2.527	0.012
	CG			11.31/9.00/1	147.00/63.00/1	−1.568	0.117
		183.00	189.50
		0.481	0.786
Aerobic capacity (m)	OTG			2.50/9.41/3	2.50/150.50/3	−3.513	0.001
	CG			4.38/9.88/5	17.50/188.50/5	−2.629	0.009
		159.50	131.50
		0.186	0.040

: Mann–Whitney ; : ; M: mean; SS: standard deviation; N/P/T: negative/positive/ties.