Physical fitness in northern European youth: Reference values from the Latvian Physical Health in Youth Study

Sauka, Melita; Priedite, Ilga S.; Artjuhova, Ludmila; Lāriņš, Viesturs; Selga, Guntars; Dahlström, Örjan; Timpka, Toomas

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“…This was an unexpected finding because a study in a large sample of typically developing children, 6-17 years of age (n = 10 464), showed that boys outperformed girls on most physical fitness items (Sauka et al 2011). This was an unexpected finding because a study in a large sample of typically developing children, 6-17 years of age (n = 10 464), showed that boys outperformed girls on most physical fitness items (Sauka et al 2011).…”

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Development of physical fitness in children with intellectual disabilities

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Development of physical fitness in children with intellectual disabilities

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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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“…Aryana [117] 2012 longitudinal FITNESSGRAM Dumith [130] 2012 cross-sectional n.a. Sauka [185] 2011 cross-sectional n.a. Hui [186] 1999 cross-sectional n.a.…”

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“…The review highlighted the sit and reach test with a number of 14 records found [63,118,128,139,[179][180][181][182][183][184][185][186] -the lowest point reached by the fingertips while standing on a box with legs extended with 1 record found [149], the V-sit and reach with 1 record found [187] and the shoulder stretches with 2 records found [117,188] (Table 6). …”

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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

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Jemni²,

Thomas³

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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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“…Childhood and adolescence represent crucial moments of life, and lifestyles and healthy or unhealthy behaviours established at these ages may affect health conditions in adulthood (Ortega, Ruiz, Castillo & Sjöström, 2008). It has been demonstrated that physical fitness determines lifestyle in terms of motor performance and individual's state of health, and this information has led to considerable research that has focused on varying these factors in adolescents (Catley & Tomkinson, 2013;Sandercock, Voss, Cohen, Taylor & Stasinopoulos, 2012;Sauka et al, 2011). The quantity and quality of studies relating to child and adolescent physical activity and sedentary behaviour have rapidly increased, but research directions have been often pursued in a reactive and uncoordinated manner.…”

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Abstract:Participation in organized youth sports has a long-term effect and is a good predictor of factors, such as the continuation of physical activity later in life or a predisposition to be active in adulthood (Telama et al., 2005). Adolescence is regarded as a period of transition between childhood and adulthood. Adolescents must address a range of biological, social, emotional and psychological transitions to successfully enter the adulthood (Roker & Coleman, 1998), and preparing for a lifetime of physical activity is also a central aim of person (Sallis & McKenzie, 1991). The main purpose of the study was to compare cohorts of adolescent student athletes in terms of their perceptions of success, self-esteem and wellbeing. The subjects were selected from educational institutions where physical education is regarded as a formal subject and where students are under the guidance of a physical education teacher with a structured curriculum. All subjects were adolescent male students within the following broadly divided age categories (Steinberg, 1993): early (11-14 years) with a mean of 12.35 ± 1.04 years, middle (15-18 years) with a mean of 15.92 ± 1.08 years and late (19-21 years) with a mean of 19.98 ± 0.768 years. The questionnaires used in this study included the Perception of Success Questionnaire (POSQ) by Roberts, Treasure and Balague (12 items; 1998), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE) (10 items; 1965), and the well-being questionnaire by Birleson (18 items, 1980). Descriptive statistics were used to analysis the result. To determine the correlations among the variables, Pearson's correlation was used; to compare the cohorts, we used one-way ANOVA. The results showed significant differences in all of the psychological factors, including success, self-esteem and well-being, between the early, middle and late adolescent students.

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Physical fitness in northern European youth: Reference values from the Latvian Physical Health in Youth Study

Cited by 45 publications

References 18 publications

Development of physical fitness in children with intellectual disabilities

Development of physical fitness in children with intellectual disabilities

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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