2017
DOI: 10.1177/0031512517722284
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Relative Age Effect in Physical Fitness Among Elementary and Junior High School Students

Abstract: The present study investigated characteristics of the relative age effect (RAE) among a general sample of Japanese elementary and junior high school students. Japan applies a unique annual age-grouping by birthdates between April 1 and March 31 of the following year for sport and education. Anthropometric and physical fitness data were obtained from 3,610 Japanese students, including height, weight, the 50-m sprint, standing long jump, grip strength, bent-leg sit-ups, sit and reach, side steps, 20-m shuttle ru… Show more

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“…In a recent study , same motor performance test (Eurofit) was applied on the 12-year-old girls, more differences between the RAE groups of girls were found, where relatively older girls had outperformed their relatively younger classmates in six out of eight motor tests (static strength, balance, the speed of limb movement, flexibility, abdominal muscular endurance, and arm and shoulder muscular endurance, respectively). Similar to Nakata et al (2017), this study did not find significant RAE in motor performance tests in 15-year-old girls, confirming their findings that RAE is more evident for boys than girls in adolescence.…”
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confidence: 89%
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“…In a recent study , same motor performance test (Eurofit) was applied on the 12-year-old girls, more differences between the RAE groups of girls were found, where relatively older girls had outperformed their relatively younger classmates in six out of eight motor tests (static strength, balance, the speed of limb movement, flexibility, abdominal muscular endurance, and arm and shoulder muscular endurance, respectively). Similar to Nakata et al (2017), this study did not find significant RAE in motor performance tests in 15-year-old girls, confirming their findings that RAE is more evident for boys than girls in adolescence.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…Although, there is a limited number of studies on the RAE in general population during adolescence, the results from the most recent study conducted by Nakata et al (2017) and the current study clearly indicate that the RAE is less evident in mid-adolescence in both, boys and girls. Aparently, early adolescence is a period of intensive growth when maturation variability is the greatest (Musch and Grondin, 2001).…”
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confidence: 46%
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