Authors
Francisco B Ortega, Enrique G Artero, Jonatan R Ruiz, German Vicente-Rodriguez, Patrick Bergman, Maria Hagströmer, Charlene Ottevaere, Ester Nagy, Ors Konsta, Juan P Rey-López, Angela Polito, Sabine Dietrich, María Plada, Laurent Béghin, Yannis Manios, Michael Sjöström, Manuel J Castillo
Publication date
2008/11
Journal
International journal of obesity
Volume
32
Issue
5
Pages
S49-S57
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Description
Objective:
To examine the reliability of a set of health-related physical fitness tests used in the European Union-funded Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence (HELENA) Study on lifestyle and nutrition among adolescents.
Design:
A set of physical fitness tests was performed twice in a study sample, 2 weeks apart, by the same researchers.
Participants:
A total of 123 adolescents (69 males and 54 females, aged 13.6±0.8 years) from 10 European cities participated in the study.
Measurements:
Flexibility, muscular fitness, speed/agility and aerobic capacity were tested using the back-saver sit and reach, handgrip, standing broad jump, Bosco jumps (squat jump, counter movement jump and Abalakov jump), bent arm hang, 4× 10 m shuttle run, and 20-m shuttle run tests.
Results:
The ANOVA analysis showed that neither systematic bias nor sex differences were found for any of the studied tests, except for the …
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