Relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and performance in the ALPHA health-related physical fitness test battery for 10-12 year-old children
Physical fitness is considered an important healthrelated marker during childhood. Among its various components, cardiorespiratory fitness constitutes the leading component of health. However, its relationship with other physical fitness components has not been widely studied among children. The pur...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2013 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM) |
| Repositorio: | RIUCAM. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.ucam.edu:10952/6271 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10952/6271 https://doi.org/10.12800/ccd.v8i22.222 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Cardiovascular fitness VO2max Capacidad cardiovascular Muscular strength Body composition Schoolchildren Youth Fuerza muscular Composición corporal Escolares Jóvenes |
| Sumario: | Physical fitness is considered an important healthrelated marker during childhood. Among its various components, cardiorespiratory fitness constitutes the leading component of health. However, its relationship with other physical fitness components has not been widely studied among children. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of having high (or low) cardiorespiratory fitness and health-related physical fitness in children 10 to 12 years of age. A sample of 72 10-12 year-old students (boys, n = 37; girls, n = 35) volunteered to participate in this study. During two sessions of Physical Education, students were evaluated by the evidence-based ALPHA healthrelated fitness test battery. During the first session, body composition measures (weight, height and skinfolds) were taken, and in the second session handgrip strength, standing long jump, and a 20-m shuttle run test were performed. Children with high cardiovascular fitness ( 50th percentile in shuttle run test scores) showed lower values for BMI, skinfolds, and body fat percentage and higher values for standing long jump, the shuttle run test, and maximal oxygen consumption than the low cardiovascular fitness group (<50th percentile in shuttle run test scores). The tests contained in the evidence-based ALPHA test battery seem to have a clear relationship with the cardiovascular health of 10-to-12-year-old children |
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