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Direct linkSlotte, Sari; Kukkonen-Harjula, Katriina; Rinne, Marjo; Valtonen, Juha; Rintala, Pauli – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Purpose: To examine the associations between muscular fitness (MF) and body composition. Method: MF was assessed with three tests of FitnessGram test battery. Total body fat percentage (BF%), abdominal fat percentage (AF%) and fat-free mass (FFM) were measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). The IOTF body mass index (BMI) cut-offs were…
Descriptors: Children, Foreign Countries, Muscular Strength, Physical Fitness
Eather, Narelle; Babic, Mark; Riley, Nicholas; Costigan, Sarah A.; Lubans, David R. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2023
Purpose: This systematic review aimed to identify studies evaluating the impact of high-intensity interval training when delivered in school and sports training. Methods: A systematic search of 10 databases (September 2019) identified 24 eligible studies (including children and/or adolescents 5-18 years and reporting cardiometabolic health and/or…
Descriptors: Training, Physical Fitness, Health Promotion, Children
Clennin, Morgan N.; Shull, Emily R.; Dowda, Marsha; Pate, Russell R. – Journal of School Health, 2023
Background: Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) plays a significant role in health and academic performance in youth. The purpose of this study was to examine the longitudinal relationship between CRF and academic performance from fifth to eighth grade among a large, diverse, and state-wide cohort of students, and to determine the extent to which the…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Barker, D.; Quennerstedt, M.; Johansson, A.; Korp, P. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2023
Background: People often expect physical education teachers to look fit and athletic, to do lots of physical activity, and to eat well. While ample research exists on physical education teachers' bodies, relatively few scholars have investigated how physical educators relate corporeal expectations to broader ideas about subject content, pedagogy,…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Physical Education, Human Body, Expectation
Papadakis, Zacharias; Forsse, Jeffrey S.; Peterson, Matthew N. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2021
Sleep deprivation in healthy adults has been associated with disrupted autonomic nervous system function, which in turn has been linked to cardiovascular health. High-intensity interval exercise (HIIE) may affect both sleep and cardiac autonomic modulation. Purpose: To investigate the impact of acute partial sleep deprivation on autonomic cardiac…
Descriptors: Exercise Physiology, Body Composition, Physical Activity Level, Physical Fitness
Download full textAkdogan, Aybike Sultan; Uzun, Ahmet – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2022
The aim of this study is to determine the physical fitness levels of individuals with autism by comparing them with individuals in the early and middle adolescence periods with normal development and the needs of the individuals with autism in terms of physical fitness. This study is carried out at the Selçuklu Autism Foundation, which is the…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Adolescents
Randall, Ken; Kwon, Kyong-Ah; Ford, Tim G.; Malek-Lasater, Adrien – Early Education and Development, 2023
Early care and education (ECE) teachers are constantly moving throughout their day with varying physical demands akin to those of athletes. Teachers are continuously bending, stooping, and squatting to lift and carry children as well as sitting on the floor or in child-sized furniture--all activities that require substantial fitness. This said,…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Well Being, Early Childhood Teachers, Human Body
Baptista, Fátima; Zymbal, Vera; Janz, Kathleen F. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2022
This study examined the predictive validity of musculoskeletal fitness tests for identifying sarcopenia in youth. The sample was 529 participants age 10 to 18 years. Indices included: total lean body mass (LBM) normalized for height (LBM index, LBMI, kg/m2), appendicular LBMI (aLBMI, kg/m[superscript 2]), and LBM to fat body mass (FBM) ratio…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Physical Fitness, Tests, Preadolescents
Seyhan, Sinan – Journal of Education and Learning, 2019
The purpose of this study was to examination the physical and anthropometric features of the traceurs with the gymnasts university education. The study was carried out with university students, male twelve volunteer participants (traceurs=6, gymnasts=6). The mean age of the traceurs was 18.67±1.03 years, 172.67±3.78 cm, body weight 62.5±8.94 kg…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Human Body, Athletics, Athletes
Vukovic, Marko; Kukic, Filip; Cvorovic, Aleksandar; Jankovic, Dunja; Prcic, Iva; Dopsaj, Milivoj – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2020
Purpose: Leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) has always been very important for the maintenance and improvement of body composition. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine if the frequency and volume of LTPA (F-LTPA and V-LTPA) were related to indices of body composition in police officers. Method: A physical activity questionnaire was used…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Physical Activity Level, Body Composition, Police
Julio, Ursula F.; Panissa, Valéria L. G.; Cury, Rubiana L.; Agostinho, Marcus F.; Esteves, João V. D. C.; Franchini, Emerson – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2019
Purpose: This study compared the energy system contributions and relationship between mechanical and energy system variables in upper and lower body Wingate tests (WAnT) in judo athletes. Method: Eleven male judo athletes (18 ± 1 years, 174.3 ± 5.3 cm, 72.6 ± 9.9 kg, 11.8 ± 1.7% body fat) attended two laboratory sessions to perform two WAnT (upper…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Athletes, Tests, Correlation
Zhang, Lei; Zhu, Xihe; Haegele, Justin A.; Wang, Dandan; Wu, Xueping – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2020
Background: Limited research has examined health and fitness indicators among individuals with different categories of intellectual disabilities (ID). The purpose of this brief report was to examine differences in health and physical fitness indicators among individuals with different levels of ID. Method: Individuals (n = 203) with mild,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Health Related Fitness
Janz, Kathleen F.; Baptista, Fatima; Ren, Sicong; Zhu, Weimo; Laurson, Kelly R.; Mahar, Matthew T.; Pavlovic, Andjelka; Welk, Gregory J. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2022
This study summarized protocols in the "Lisbon Study for the Development and Evaluation of Musculoskeletal Fitness Standards in Youth" and assessed associations between fitness assessments and health outcomes. The sample was 529 children and adolescents (10 to 18 yr). The fitness assessments included handgrip, vertical jump, long jump,…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Tests, Muscular Strength, Psychomotor Skills
Detanico, Daniele; Kons, Rafael Lima; Fukuda, David Hideyoshi; Teixeira, Anderson Santiago – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2020
Purpose: To determine the individual contributions of chronological age, somatic maturation, body size and composition, and training experience as indicators of performance in neuromuscular and judo-specific assessments in young athletes. Methods: Sixty-six youth judo athletes performed anthropometric measurements, neuromuscular tests--standing…
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletics, Age Differences, Maturity (Individuals)
Hassani, Fahimeh; Sheikh, Mahmoud; Shahrbanian, Shahnaz – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who have problems such as inactivity and the lack of communication need interventions that enable them to participate in society just like their peers. The purpose of this study was to investigate 'I can have physical literacy' programme (ICPL) on physical literacy (PL) in children with ASD. This study…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Psychomotor Skills
