Reliability of health-related physical fitness tests among Colombian children and adolescents: the FUPRECOL study
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10.1371/journal.pone.0140875
Resumen
Substantial evidence indicates that youth physical fitness levels are an important marker of
lifestyle and cardio-metabolic health profiles and predict future risk of chronic diseases. The
reliability physical fitness tests have not been explored in Latino-American youth population.
This study’s aim was to examine the reliability of health-related physical fitness tests that
were used in the ...
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Substantial evidence indicates that youth physical fitness levels are an important marker of
lifestyle and cardio-metabolic health profiles and predict future risk of chronic diseases. The
reliability physical fitness tests have not been explored in Latino-American youth population.
This study’s aim was to examine the reliability of health-related physical fitness tests that
were used in the Colombian health promotion “Fuprecol study”. Participants were 229
Colombian youth (boys n = 124 and girls n = 105) aged 9 to 17.9 years old. Five components
of health-related physical fitness were measured: 1) morphological component:
height, weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, triceps skinfold, subscapular
skinfold, and body fat (%) via impedance; 2) musculoskeletal component: handgrip and
standing long jump test; 3) motor component: speed/agility test (4x10 m shuttle run); 4) flexibility
component (hamstring and lumbar extensibility, sit-and-reach test); 5) cardiorespiratory
component: 20-meter shuttle-run test (SRT) to estimate maximal oxygen consumption.
The tests were performed two times, 1 week apart on the same day of the week, except for
the SRT which was performed only once. Intra-observer technical errors of measurement
(TEMs) and inter-rater (reliability) were assessed in the morphological component. Reliability
for the Musculoskeletal, motor and cardiorespiratory fitness components was examined
using Bland–Altman tests. For the morphological component, TEMs were small and reliability
was greater than 95% of all cases. For the musculoskeletal, motor, flexibility and cardiorespiratory
components, we found adequate reliability patterns in terms of systematic errors
(bias) and random error (95% limits of agreement). When the fitness assessments were performed
twice, the systematic error was nearly 0 for all tests, except for the sit and reach
(mean difference: -1.03% [95% CI = -4.35% to -2.28%]. The results from this study indicate
that the “Fuprecol study” health-related physical fitness battery, administered by physical
education teachers, was reliable for measuring health-related components of fitness in children
and adolescents aged 9–17.9 years old in a school setting in Colombia. [--]
Materias
Health-related physical fitness tests,
Test reliability,
Fuprecol study
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Public Library of Science
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Plos One, 10(10): e0140875
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Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Osasun Zientziak Saila
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Entidades Financiadoras
The “Fuprecol Study” was carried out with
the financial support of Instituto Colombiano para el
Desarrollo de la Ciencia y la Tecnología “Francisco José de Caldas” COLCIENCIAS (Contract N° 671-
2014 Code 122265743978).
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