2021, Vol. 8, Issue 1, Part D

Physical fatigue and Mental fatigue. With physical fatigue, your muscles cannot do things as easily as they used to with mental fatigue, it may be difficult to concentrate for as long as you used to. “Kinesthetic perception is the ability to perceive the position, effort, and movement of part of the body or entire body during muscular action.” this study was to compare the effect of induced physical and mental fatigue on kinesthetic perception of school children. The subjects was selected from BGS World School, Chikkaballapur. The investigator randomly selected 40 subjects (25 boys and 15 girls) from BGS World School, Chikkaballapur and their age ranged from 11 to 13 years. Prior to the administration of test the investigator held a series of meetings with the subjects and were made clear about the objectives and purposes of the test. Findings related to boys: Kinesthetic perception was affected more when physically fatigued than mentally fatigued. Findings related to girls: In case of girl subjects, kinesthetic perception was affected more when they were mentally fatigued. Findings related to sex comparison. There is no significant difference between boys and girls with respect to kinesthetic perception after getting physically and mentally fatigued. The hypothesis stated that there would not be any significant effect of mental and physical fatigue on kinesthetic perception. But the results of the study proved that in case of boy’s kinesthetic perception were affected more when they were physically fatigued. In case of girls, kinesthetic perception were affected more they were mentally fatigued. Thus the hypothesis is rejected.