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@article{189326,
        author = {Dr N Kodeeswaran and Dr K Murugavel},
        title = {EFFECTIVENESS OF TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ART SILAMBAM COMBINED WITH INDIGENOUS ACTIVITIES ON MOTOR FITNESS IN SCHOOL CHILDREN},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {7},
        pages = {5306-5311},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=189326},
        abstract = {Abstract—Traditional fitness is stimulating their growth, physically as well as intellectually for children. In order to assess the real facts, the investigator made an attempt to examine the impact of silambam practice after indigenous activities on physical fitness variables of 30 school boys were selected from marudhamalai devasthanam Higher Secondary School, Coimbatore. Their aged of the subject ranged from 11 to 15 years. Selected subjects were randomly assigned to two equal groups (n=15), group I underwent silambam practice after indigenous exercises (SPAIA) and group II acted as control group (CG). The silambam practice after indigenous activities was given to the experimental group for 3days per week for the period of 8 weeks. The control group did not practice in any training except their routine work. The following variables were measured with standard test items: agility, reaction time and grip strength. Pre and post test was conducted on separate days with warm up. The agility measured by 4x10meter shuttle run in seconds, reaction time measured by penny cup test in seconds, grip strength measured by Hand grip dynamometer test in seconds. To find out the individual effect ‘t’ test was applied at 0.05level of significant. Further, the findings confirmed the silambam practice after indigenous activities is suitable protocol to bring out the desirable changes over the agility, reaction time, grip strength of school boys.},
        keywords = {Agility, Reaction time, Grip strength, Silambam practice after Indigenous activities},
        month = {December},
        }