ABO blood groups and motorical capabilities of students

This research task has had the primary goal to determine the differences between motor capabilities, endurance of students with different blood groups. The sample had been made of 96 young and healthy persons which are volunteer blood donors (N A = 36, N O = 27, N B = 23, N AB = 10). Motor capabilities are estimated by implementing 8 standardized tests (4 dynamometric and 4 non- laboratory), working capability is estimated by the Cooper’s test, and from body dimensions body mass, height and Body Mass Index (BMI) are measured. The phenotype’s influence on differences between motor and morphological variables in four sub-samples had been tested by implementing the variance’s analysis. Results had shown up that for the majority of motor tests and for all three body dimensions no statistically significant differences were found between the survey participants with different blood group type. Significant differences are observed only for in-the-field (non-laboratory) tests (such as long jump, number of push-ups, and the Cooper’s test). Results provided pinpoint to the conclusion that the blood groups do not significantly influence motor capabilities of young persons and the differences obtained are probably incidental.