Health-Related Physical Fitness Levels of Elementary School Children Ages 5–9
| Autor: | Donna M. Beckwith, Holly R. Lehnhard, Stephen A. Butterfield, Robert A. Lehnhard, Scott F. Marion |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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Gerontology Dance Physical fitness Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Physical exercise 050105 experimental psychology Physical education 03 medical and health sciences Sex Factors 0302 clinical medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Maine Child Exercise Recreation business.industry 05 social sciences 030229 sport sciences United States Sensory Systems Test (assessment) Skinfold Thickness Skinfold thickness El Niño Physical Fitness Child Preschool Female Psychology business human activities |
| Zdroj: | Perceptual and Motor Skills. 75:819-826 |
| ISSN: | 1558-688X 0031-5125 |
| DOI: | 10.2466/pms.1992.75.3.819 |
| Popis: | National health goals include an increase in the physical activity and physical fitness of school-age children by the year 2000. To assess current fitness levels in the state of Maine, more than 8,000 public school students, ages five through nine, were assessed using a nationally known (American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance) health-related physical fitness test. Maine students were then compared with a national norm group on (1) the one-mile walk/run (minutes:seconds), (2) skinfold thickness (centimeters), (3) one-minute timed sit-ups (number performed correctly), and (4) the sit and reach test for flexibility (centimeters). Generally, Maine boys and girls scored higher than the norms on the sit-up, sit and reach, and one-mile walk/run; however, they had significantly larger skinfold thicknesses. Implications for assessment of health-related fitness in this age group were discussed. |
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