Interrater Reliability and Time Measurement Validity of Speed–Agility Field Tests in Adolescents

Vicente-Rodríguez, Germán; Rey-López, Juan Pablo; Ruiz, Jonathan Ruiz; Jiménez-Pavón, David; Bergman, Patrick; Ciarapica, Donatella; Heredia, José María; Molnár, Denés; Gutiérrez, Ángel; Moreno, Luis A.; Ortega, Francisco B.

doi:10.1519/jsc.0b013e3181e742fe

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“…The testing was stopped when a height trial was not successfully completed with both feet. The total score was given by the sum of points at all the heights; (b) shuttle run (SHR) 17 -running at maximal speed to a line placed 10 m apart, picking up a block of wood, running back and placing it on or beyond the starting line. Then running back to retrieve the second block and carry it back across the finish line.…”

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Development and validation of a model of motor competence in children and adolescents

Luz

Rodrigues

Almeida

et al. 2016

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

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a b s t r a c tObjectives: This study was aimed at developing a quantitative model to evaluate motor competence (MC) in children and adolescents, to be applicable in research, education, and clinical contexts. Design: Cross-sectional. Methods: A total of 584 children (boys n = 300) with ages between 6 and 14 years were assessed using nine well known quantitative motor tasks, divided into three major components (stability, locomotor and manipulative). Structural equation modelling through EQS 6.1 was used to find the best model for representing the structural and measurement validity of MC. Results: The final MC model was composed by three latent factors closely related with each other. Each factor was best represented by two of the initial three motor tasks chosen. The model was shown to give a very good overall fit ( 2 = 12.04, p = .061; NFI = .982; CFI = .991; RMSEA = .059). Conclusions: MC can be parsimoniously represented by six quantitative motor tasks, grouped into three interrelated factors. The developed model was shown to be robust when applied to different samples, demonstrating a good structural and measurement reliability. The use of a quantitative protocol with few, simple to administer and well known, motor tasks, is an important advantage of this model, since it can be used in several contexts with different objectives. We find it especially beneficial for physical educations teachers who have to regularly assess their students.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development and validation of a model of motor competence in children and adolescents

Luz

Rodrigues

Almeida

et al. 2016

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

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“…Speed-agility was assessed with the 4310-meter shuttlerun test. 19 These physical fitness tests have proved in other studies to be valid and reliable in young people. 12,[20][21][22] Physical Examination, Anthropometrics, and Body Composition…”

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Health Inequalities in Urban Adolescents: Role of Physical Activity, Diet, and Genetics

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WHAT'S KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT: Individuals living in Mediterranean countries have historically had a lower risk of cardiovascular disease. Important changes in diet and lifestyle have taken place in these countries in recent years, and it is unknown how these changes might influence current cardiovascular health. WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS:Fitness and fatness levels indicate that urban adolescents from southern Europe are less healthy than those from central northern Europe. The extent to which these differences might be explained by physical activity, diet, and genetics is analyzed and discussed in this article. abstract OBJECTIVE: Coordinated European projects relying on standardized methods are needed to identify health inequalities across Europe. This study aimed to compare fitness, fatness, and cardiometabolic risk between urban adolescents from the south and center-north of Europe and to explore whether physical activity (PA) and other factors might explain these differences. METHODS:The Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence cross-sectional project comprised 3528 adolescents from the south (4 cities) and central-north (6 cities) of Europe, 1089 of whom provided blood samples for analysis. Fitness (strength, speed-agility, and cardiorespiratory fitness), total and abdominal fatness (anthropometry and bioelectrical impedance), and cardiometabolic risk (z scores including fitness, fatness, blood lipids, insulin resistance, and blood pressure) were assessed. The analyses were adjusted for socioeconomic factors, objectively measured PA (accelerometry), total energy intake and diet quality, and genetic variants of the FTO rs9939609 polymorphism. RESULTS:Adolescents from southern Europe were less fit and fatter according to all markers (P , .001). Differences in cardiometabolic risk scores were not consistent. Adolescents from the south were less active and this would largely explain the differences observed in speedagility and cardiorespiratory fitness. Differences in total and abdominal fatness could not be explained by PA, energy intake, diet quality, or FTO rs9939609 polymorphism.CONCLUSIONS: Fitness and fatness levels indicate that urban adolescents from the south are less healthy than those from centralnorthern Europe. Our data suggest that differences in PA might explain differences in important health-related fitness components, yet factors explaining the differences in fatness encountered remain unknown. Pediatrics 2014;133:e884-e895

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“…"Power" is actually the application of an optimum amount of force (not maximal) and an optimal speed in order to perform an exercise [173]. The present search highlighted 2 main adopted tests for the assessment of speed, agility and coordination: the 4×10 mSRT with 9 records found [28,31,49,122,124,142,[197][198][199] and the 10×5 m sprint test with 4 records found [160,185,200,201] (Table 4). (Table 7).…”

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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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Interrater Reliability and Time Measurement Validity of Speed–Agility Field Tests in Adolescents

Cited by 61 publications

References 8 publications

Development and validation of a model of motor competence in children and adolescents

Development and validation of a model of motor competence in children and adolescents

Health Inequalities in Urban Adolescents: Role of Physical Activity, Diet, and Genetics

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

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