Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess estimated and measured the physical fitness level of physiotherapy students.
METHODOLOGY: This Cross sectional study carried out at Azra Naheed Medical College and School of
Allied Health Sciences, Children Hospital Lahore, with Simple convenient sampling technique. The data
was collected from 115 students including 42 male and 73 female, from 3rd year to final year.
Self-perceived fitness questionnaire was used for estimation of perceived fitness and actual physical
fitness level was measured by common clinical tests. Harvard step was used for fitness index
measurement. SPSS version 21.0 was used for analysis and Pearson correlation for the correlation of
perceived and measured physical fitness level.
RESULTS: It was evident that physiotherapy students have good perception about their BMI. Results of
perceived and measured body composition were correlated significantly .004 because they have good
perception of body composition. Measured strength was low from the perceived, although some males
were in average level. The results of strength show significant correlation for upper extremity that was
269 but for lower extremity non-significant. But measured flexibility results were good for lower
extremities as compared to the shoulder flexibility for upper extremities, but both variables were different from perceived fitness. Actual fitness index level was very low as compared to the self-estimated.
CONCLUSION: Measured fitness was quite different from self-perceived. The students of physiotherapy
were not physically fit as they perceived it. They need to improve their physical fitness level as their
profession requires.
Tahir Mahmood, Wajeeha Mahmood, Umer Maqsood, Abdul Salam, Nimra Sefat. (2019) Level of Actual Physical Fitness and its Perception among Students of Physiotherapy in Lahore, Journal of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Volume-18, Issue-1.
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