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Mahar, Matthew T.; Welk, Gregory J.; Janz, Kathleen F.; Laurson, Kelly; Zhu, Weimo; Baptista, Fatima – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2022
Incorporation of the vertical jump (VJ) test in health-related fitness batteries is predicated on the availability of prediction equations to accurately estimate VJ power. The purpose was to develop and validate a generalizable equation to estimate VJ power from VJ height, body mass, age, and sex in 10- to 18-year-olds. The sample (N = 529)…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Muscular Strength, Psychomotor Skills, Body Height
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Gomes, Thayse Natacha; dos Santos, Fernanda K.; Zhu, Weimo; Eisenmann, Joey; Maia, José A. R. – Journal of School Health, 2014
Background: Children spend most of their awake time at school, and it is important to identify individual and school-level correlates of their physical activity (PA) levels. This study aimed to identify the between-school variability in Portuguese children PA and to investigate student and school PA correlates using multilevel modeling. Methods:…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Influences, Educational Environment, Correlation