Difference in Temporal Parameters of Obese & Non-Obese female in walking
Abstract
Obesity is one of the leading health complications in the world, one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century it effect on every system of human body, locomotory system. The present study is a quantitative study, which was designed to investigate the variations of selected gait parameters between obese & non-obese females aged between 12-14 years. The whole sample consisted of 50 subjects with equal number of obese (50) and non-obese (50) females. The subjects were instructed to run across a pre-designed walkway at their maximum speeds. During this, they were filmed using high-resolution cameras. The criterion measures of interest were spatial parameters. Conclusion: the Step and Stride length of non-obese females is higher than obese females of same age category.
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