AUTHOR(S): S Ruba Gnana Solomon and Dr. N Bright Selva Kumar

ABSTRACT:
The intention of this study was to evaluate the lean body mass among different age group men and women physical education teachers. To accomplish the purpose of this study ninety school physical education teachers from Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India were selected, in which 45 subjects were men and remaining 45 subjects were women. The selected participants were in the age group of 31 to 60 years. The investigator administered standard tests and procedures to measure the lean body mass. Two-way analysis of variance was used to find out the influence of each factor independently and also their combined influence on selected variable. The result of the study shows that significant difference exists between gender (men & women) irrespective of age group and also significant difference exists among age groups (31-40, 41-50 and 51-60) irrespective of gender on lean body mass.

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