Assessing Health-Related Fitness Tests in the School Setting: Reliability, Feasibility and Safety; The ALPHA Study
| Autor: | Vanesa España-Romero, Jonatan R. Ruiz, Enrique G. Artero, José Castro-Piñero, Manuel J Castillo-Garzón, Mattias Sjöström, Francisco B. Ortega, David Jiménez-Pavón, Magdalena Cuenca-García |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Multi-stage fitness test medicine.medical_specialty Waist Adolescent Physical fitness Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Physical education medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Child Students Reliability (statistics) Physical Education and Training Schools business.industry Age Factors Reproducibility of Results School setting Circumference Test (assessment) Physical Fitness Exercise Test Physical therapy Feasibility Studies Female Waist Circumference business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Sports Medicine. 31:490-497 |
| ISSN: | 1439-3964 0172-4622 |
| DOI: | 10.1055/s-0030-1251990 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to determine the reliability, feasibility and safety of a health-related fitness test battery administered by Physical Education (PE) teachers in the school setting. Six PE teachers, from three primary schools and three secondary schools, assessed twice (7 days apart) the 20 m shuttle run, handgrip and standing long jump tests, as well as weight, stature, triceps and subscapular thickness and waist circumference in 58 children (age: 6-11 yr) and 80 adolescents (age: 12-18 yr). Feasibility and safety were assessed by researches by means of direct observation. Significant inter-trial differences were found for the standing long jump test (3.8+/-12.7 cm, P |
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