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Fitness knowledge, cardiorespiratory endurance and body composition of high school students

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Williams S. M., Phelps D., Laurson K. R., Thomas D. Q., Brown D. D.

Biomedical Human Kinetics

2013

vol. 5

issue 1

17-21

Study aim: The purpose of this study was to determine if high school physical education seniors’ health-related fitness knowledge is related to their aerobic capacity and body composition. Material and methods: The FitSmart test assessed students (n = 171) health-related fitness knowledge. Aerobic capacity was calculated based on the students PACER score. Body Composition was measured using the Tanita TBF 300A body composition analyzer. Results: Aerobic fitness was a statistically significant predictor of exam score (β = 0.563, p < 0.001), but percent body fat was not (β = 0.185, p =0.074). Comparing the health-related fitness exam scores by the FITNESSGRAM classification system, students who were classified as Very Lean and High Risk for body composition had lower exam scores than those classified in the healthy fitness zone. Conclusions: The results confirmed previous findings that students have inadequate health-related fitness knowledge. Furthermore, the study extends these findings by identifying some associations of percent body fat and estimated VO2max to health-related fitness knowledge.

The Fullerton Fitness Test as an index of fitness in the elderly

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Różańska-Kirschke A., Kocur P., Wilk M., Dylewicz P.

Medical Rehabilitation

2006

vol. 10(2)

15-19

Wiek niesie ze sobą często ograniczenia sprawności fizycznej, a ponieważ jest to podstawowy czynnik warunkujący jakość życia, coraz więcej uwagi poświęca się temu zagadnieniu. W związku z tym pojawia się problem metod oceny sprawności, które jednocześnie umożliwią programowanie treningów usprawniających oraz ocenę ich efektów. Stosowane do tej pory narzędzia pomiarowe takie jak między innymi skale Katza, Lawtona, Barthela, testy Eurofit dla dorosłych, nie spełniają oczekiwań badaczy i praktyków. Za ich pomocą nie można określić parametrów sprawności fizycznej, takich jak siła, elastyczność, koordynacja czy wytrzymałość. Badania w tym kierunku doprowadziły do opracowania w Stanach Zjednoczonych Testu Fullerton. Za pomocą 6 prób pozwala on ocenić wspomniane wyżej parametry. Jest to test bezpieczny, niewymagający specjalistycznego sprzętu, a co istotne, może być stosowany u osób starszych, w tym także poddawanych rehabilitacji. Test daje możliwość oceny nie tylko parametrów związanych z wydolnością sercowo-naczyniową organizmu, ale również ocenę sprawności ogólnej. Jego zastosowanie pozwala na zaplanowanie procesu usprawniania oraz ocenę jego przebiegu i efekt.

General fitness establishes the quality of life, but it often decreases with age. Therefore, it becomes vital to find out a method of evaluationof individual fitness level and to design a targeted exercise programme. Assessment tools used hitherto, i.e. the Katz index, the Lawton scale, the Barthel index or the Eurofit tests for adults conducted using cycloergometer, have not met the expectations of researchers and practitioners. Physical fitness parameters such as strentgth, flexibility, coordination and endurance cannot be determined using these tools. They do not specify fitness parameters like strength and muscular endurance, mobility, dexterity, speed, body balance, motor coordination, reaction time, flexibility. All these parameters can be measured by the Fullerton Functional Fitness Test, invented by Roberta E. Rikli and C. Jessie Jones in the Lifespan Wellness Clinic at California State University in Fullerton. It uses 6 items to assess these parameters. Because of limitations resulting from age and coexisting diseases, it is required that some easy and safe motor patterns are used that should be based on everyday-day activities. It is safe for the adults, requires minimal equipment and can measure small unit changes. It is suitable even for patients with cardiovascular disease. If performed both before and after an individualized training, it enables identification of a problem, providing a targeted intervention programme and evaluation of its effects.

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