ASSESSMENT OF THE INFLUENCE OF ROPE SKIPPING ON RESTING HEART RATE OF FEMALE ADOLESCENTS IN MAKURDI

Abstract

This study assessed the influence of rope skipping on resting heart rate (RHR) of female
adolescents in Makurdi, Benue State. Pretest-posttest group research design was
adopted for this study, Simple random sampling technique of deep and pick with
replacement was used, for selecting, (27) participants who were randomly assigned to
either experimental group (13) or control group (14). The experimental group underwent
rope-skipping training three (3) times in a week for eight (8) weeks, while the control
group did not. Before and after the training, resting heart rate (RHR), was measured
using digital blood pressure apparatus and the data collected were recorded as pretest
and posttest respectively. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics of
mean and standard deviation to describe the physical characteristics of participants and
hypothesis was tested using student's independent t-test at significant level of 0.05.
through the statistical package for the social sciences (IBM SPSS®) for windows version
20. After the t test analysis, the result revealed that eight (8) weeks of rope-skippingThis study assessed the influence of rope skipping on resting heart rate (RHR) of female
adolescents in Makurdi, Benue State. Pretest-posttest group research design was
adopted for this study, Simple random sampling technique of deep and pick with
replacement was used, for selecting, (27) participants who were randomly assigned to
either experimental group (13) or control group (14). The experimental group underwent
rope-skipping training three (3) times in a week for eight (8) weeks, while the control
group did not. Before and after the training, resting heart rate (RHR), was measured
using digital blood pressure apparatus and the data collected were recorded as pretest
and posttest respectively. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics of
mean and standard deviation to describe the physical characteristics of participants and
hypothesis was tested using student's independent t-test at significant level of 0.05.
through the statistical package for the social sciences (IBM SPSS®) for windows version
20. After the t test analysis, the result revealed that eight (8) weeks of rope-skipping