Fitness test profiles in children aged 8-12 years old in Granada (Spain)

Cepero, Mar; López, Rosa; Llorca, Concepción Suárez; Andreu-Cabrera, Eliseo; Rojas, Francisco Javier

doi:10.4100/jhse.2011.61.15

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“…Health-related fitness includes, besides others, aerobic endurance, muscular strength, and flexibility (Hands et al, 2009). On this, most studies on physical fitness have focused specially on aerobic capacity neglecting, among for instance, neuromotor fitness based on muscular strength (Cepero et al, 2011). Some studies reported positive associations between physical activity in children and adolescents with performance on tests of muscular strength and muscular endurance (Lennox et al 2008; Martínez-Gómez et al, 2011).…”

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“…Yet, there are few studies that link somatype with muscular strength in young people, with the exception of the recent studies by Jakšić and Cvetkovic (2009) and Shukla et al (2009) relating this exclusively to the standing broad jump and curl-ups. Currently, efforts to promote physical fitness levels in the young ought to be a priority (Cepero et al, 2011), but clearly these cannot exceed the limits imposed by genotype, i.e., the manifestation of genetic determinism; just as important as the dimensional values are their relative degrees of presence, observed from the morpho-constitutional perspective (Malina and Bouchard, 1991). We can define the morphological typology as a complex entity that describes the overall configuration of the body, as opposed to individual anatomical characteristics (Malina and Bouchard, 1991).…”

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Somatotype is More Interactive with Strength than Fat Mass and Physical Activity in Peripubertal Children

Marta¹,

Marinho²,

Costa

et al. 2011

Journal of Human Kinetics

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The purpose of this study was to analyse the interaction between somatotype, body fat and physical activity in prepubescent children. This was a cross-sectional study design involving 312 children (160 girls, 152 boys) aged between 10 and 11.5 years old (10.8 ± 0.4 years old). Evaluation of body composition was done determining body mass index and body fat by means of skin-fold measurements, using the method described by Slaughter. Somatotype was computed according to the Carter’s method. Physical activity was assessed with the Baecke questionnaire. The physical activity assessment employed sets of curl-ups, push-ups, standing broad jump, medicine ball throw, handgrip strength and Margaria-Kalamen power stair. There were negative associations for body fat, endomorphy and mesomorphy with curl-ups, push-ups and broad jump tests and positive associations with ball throw, handgrip strength and Margaria-Kalamen power tests. The associations for ectomorphy were the inverse of those for endomorphy and mesomorphy. Non obese children presented higher values for curl-ups, push-ups and standing broad jump. In medicine ball throw, handgrip strength and Margaria-Kalamen power test obese children presented higher scores, followed by children who were overweight. The mesoectomorphic boys and ectomesomorphic girls performed higher in all tests. The morphological typology presented more interactions with strength than % of body fat and physical activity. These data seem to suggest that the presence/absence of certain physical characteristics is crucial in the levels of motor provision in prepubescent children.

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Somatotype is More Interactive with Strength than Fat Mass and Physical Activity in Peripubertal Children

Marta¹,

Marinho²,

Costa

et al. 2011

Journal of Human Kinetics

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“…But health-related fitness showed differences by gender only in slalom (p<0.05). The results of body composition and health-related fitness revealed that the physical activity at school is not sufficient to support an ideal level of health-related fitness [18]. Therefore, we should treat seriously the problem in new school interventions in order to achievement better effects of education.Well recognized gender differences aerobic power [19], muscle strength [20] and obesity [21] in primary school children.…”

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“…Achievements of girls were consistently lower than boys', perhaps reflecting their earlier maturation. The aim of the Spanish study was to determine the effects of Physical Education on body composition and health-related fitness (EUROFIT) among boys and girls aged 8 to 12 years old [18]. Subjects were tested at baseline and at week 20.…”

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The impact of outdoor physical education classes, gender and place of residence on physical capacity and fitness of primary school children

Pasek

Michałowska–Sawczyn

Zuzda

et al. 2016

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“…The classic sit-and-reach test (also called traditional or standard sit-and-reach), originally designed by Wells & Dillon (1952), is probably the most widely used lineal test of flexibility in exercise science laboratories, physical education classes, and commercial fitness centres (Cepero et al, 2011;Holt et al, 1999;Mirzaei et al, 2011). Two years later, Kraus & Hirschland (1954) designed the toe-touch (TT) test in which the individuals were assessed standing instead of sitting on the floor like in the classic sit-and-reach test.…”

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Criterion-related validity of toe-touch test for estimating hamstring extensibility: A meta-analysis

Mayorga-Vega¹,

Viciana²,

Cocca³

et al. 2014

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Mayorga-Vega, D., Viciana, J., Cocca, A., & Merino-Marban, R. (2014). Criterion-related validity of toetouch test for estimating hamstring extensibility: A meta-analysis J. Hum. Sport Exerc., 9(1), pp. 188-200. The main purpose of the present meta-analysis was to examine the scientific literature on the criterionrelated validity of the toe-touch test for estimating hamstring extensibility. For this purpose relevant studies were searched from five electronic databases dated up through September 2012. Primary outcomes of criterion-related validity were Pearson´s zero-order correlation coefficients (r) between the toe-touch test and hamstring extensibility criterion measure. Then, from the included studies, the Hunter-Schmidt´s psychometric meta-analysis approach was conducted to estimate population criterion-related validity of the toe-touch test. Firstly, the corrected correlation mean (rp), unaffected by sampling error and measurement error, was calculated. Subsequently, the three potential moderator variables (sex of participants, age of participants, and level of hamstring extensibility) were examined by a partially hierarchical analysis. Of the six studies included in the present meta-analysis, 12 correlations values were retrieved. The overall results showed that the toe-touch test have a moderate mean criterion-related validity for estimating hamstring extensibility (rp = 0.66, 0.54-0.79). Generally, females, children and individuals with high levels of hamstring extensibility seem to have greater mean values of criterion-related validity for estimating hamstring extensibility. However, due to the low number of r values found, the fact that almost all the 95% CIs of mean correlation coefficients were overlapped, and that criterion-related validity of the toe-touch test within each category was still heterogeneous, we should be cautious with the results of the present meta-analysis. When the use of the angular tests is limited, the toe-touch test seems to be a useful alternative to estimate hamstring extensibility.

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Fitness test profiles in children aged 8-12 years old in Granada (Spain)

Cited by 22 publications

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Somatotype is More Interactive with Strength than Fat Mass and Physical Activity in Peripubertal Children

Somatotype is More Interactive with Strength than Fat Mass and Physical Activity in Peripubertal Children

The impact of outdoor physical education classes, gender and place of residence on physical capacity and fitness of primary school children

Criterion-related validity of toe-touch test for estimating hamstring extensibility: A meta-analysis

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