Health-Related Fitness in Children and Adolescents

Ganley, Kathleen J.; Paterno, Mark V.; Miles, Charles P.; Stout, Jean; Brawner, Lorrie; Warren, Meghan

doi:10.1097/pep.0b013e318227b3fc

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“…The reliability and validity of the back-saver sit-andreach tests have been reported [63]. Another version is the v-sit and reach, used in the President's Challenge Fitness Awards [100,193], a modification of the sit and reach test that does not require a box, but a straight line extending approximately 60 cm marked on the floor as baseline. The SART has been usually performed in the background of physical education classes at school, suggesting its feasibility and applicability in this context.…”

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A systematic review to determine reliability and usefulness of the field-based test batteries for the assessment of physical fitness in adolescents – The ASSO Project

Bianco¹,

Jemni²,

Thomas³

et al. 2015

Int J Occup Med Environ Health

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The aim of the present review is to investigate the main field-based tests, used alone or included in sport or fitness batteries, for the assessment of health-and skill-related physical fitness components in adolescents. Different scientific databases were searched through using the selected key words related to physical fitness and its components for adolescence. The search focused on original articles and reviews/meta-analyses using valid, reproducible and feasible tests that fit within the school environment. A total of 100 scientific manuscripts were included in the qualitative synthesis. The present systematic review pointed out 5 fitness tests that well adapt to the evaluation of the components of physical fitness of adolescents within a school environment: the 20 m shuttle run test for cardio-respiratory endurance; the handgrip strength test for upper body maximal strength; the standing broad jump test for lower body maximal strength; the sit-up test to exhaustion for muscular endurance and the 4×10 m shuttle run test for speed, agility and coordination. These fitness tests have been finally selected and incorporated into the Adolescents and Surveillance System for the Obesity prevention -Fitness Test Battery (ASSO-FTB), and will be adopted within the ASSO Project for evaluation purposes. This instrument could be also provided to teachers and people working in schools in order to assess physical fitness of adolescents over time and prevent obesity and related diseases.

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A systematic review to determine reliability and usefulness of the field-based test batteries for the assessment of physical fitness in adolescents – The ASSO Project

Bianco¹,

Jemni²,

Thomas³

et al. 2015

Int J Occup Med Environ Health

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“…Long-term changes are needed for interventions to be effective, yet only three studies have examined fitness outcomes at least 6 months post-intervention Eliakim et al, 2002;Resnicow et al, 2005). Whilst there are multiple components to health-related fitness including cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular performance and body composition (Ganley et al, 2011), and each component has important and potentially independent health effects (Ganley et al, 2011), only Davis et al (2011) has examined both cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness and this study had no long-term follow-up or family involvement.…”

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Multiple components of fitness improved among overweight and obese adolescents following a community-based lifestyle intervention

Howie

McVeigh

Abbott

et al. 2015

Journal of Sports Sciences

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Fitness is an important component of health, and obese adolescents regularly have poor fitness. Unfortunately, few have assessed the impact of community-based lifestyle interventions on multiple components of fitness. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of participation in a community-based intervention involving adolescents and parents on multiple components of fitness of obese adolescents. In a within-subject, waitlist controlled clinical trial with 12 months follow-up in Western Australia, participants (n = 56) completed multiple fitness measures at baseline, immediately prior to beginning an 8-week intervention and at 3, 6 and 12 months during a maintenance period. Performance on the shuttle walk was improved immediately post-intervention (increase of 42.8 m, 95% CI: 7.5, 78.2) and at 12 months post-intervention (increase of 44.6 m, 95% CI: 1.3, 87.8) compared with pre-intervention. Muscle performance of quadriceps and deltoids were improved post-intervention (increase of 1.1 (95% CI: 0.1, 2.1) kg · F and 1.0 (0.02, 2.1) kg · F, respectively) and all muscle performance measures were improved at 12 months following the intervention. There were no changes in waist circumference. A community-based lifestyle programme such as Curtin University's Activity, Food and Attitudes Program (CAFAP) may be a viable strategy for improving fitness in overweight adolescents.

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“…Also, while determining obesity, cooperation of children is necessary for measurements. Majority of the results have reported obesity being assessed by BMI, waist circumference, waist height ratio and skin-fold thickness measures (Malina, 2001;Deurenberg, 1990;Ganley et al, 2011;Ostojic, 2011).The development of cardio-respiratory diseases is laid upon the foundation of reduced physical fitness which is found to be associated with body composition measures (Dumith et al, 2010;Milanese, 2010). Physical fitness is the capacity to perform daily tasks without experiencing fatigue.…”

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“…Physical fitness is the capacity to perform daily tasks without experiencing fatigue. It is broadly categorised into skill-related and health-related fitness (Malina, 2001;Ganley et al, 2011). Of the two, health-related fitness is the domain which is documented to be getting affected the most.…”

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Relationship between Obesity and Physical Fitness in School-Going Children of Anand District

P¹,

Kumar²

2017

Journal of Exercise Science and Physiotherapy

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Aim: To find the correlation between obesity and physical fitness in school-going children. Method: 1034 children of various schools of Anand were enrolled in the study. Obesity was evaluated using BMI, WC, WHtR and Sum of skinfold thickness (anterior thigh, suprailiac and anterior abdominal). 6 minute walk distance was measured by the standard ATS guidelines, as a parameter for physical fitness. Results: In 5-11 years age-group children, for both boys and girls, there was significant positive moderate correlation between obesity and physical fitness. In boys and girls of 12 -18 years age-group, there was no significant relationship between obesity and physical fitness. Conclusion: Obesity and physical fitness are having positive relationship with each other in 5-11years age-group. However, due to the cross-sectional type, the implications of the study should be made carefully.

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Health-Related Fitness in Children and Adolescents

Abstract: Physical therapists should apply research relevant to health-related fitness when treating youth. Promoting fitness, health, and wellness in our communities is a responsibility all therapists should assume.

Cited by 74 publications

References 124 publications

A systematic review to determine reliability and usefulness of the field-based test batteries for the assessment of physical fitness in adolescents – The ASSO Project

A systematic review to determine reliability and usefulness of the field-based test batteries for the assessment of physical fitness in adolescents – The ASSO Project

Multiple components of fitness improved among overweight and obese adolescents following a community-based lifestyle intervention

Relationship between Obesity and Physical Fitness in School-Going Children of Anand District

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