Reference index and reduction in physical fitness tests proposed by PROESP-BR

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to create an unifying index of the PROESP-BR tests for school aged teenagers and propose a reduction in the physical fitness tests. A total of 414 adolescents between the ages of 15 and 17 years old, representative of the public school population in the city of Cuiaba were evaluated. The tests include general physical fitness, proposed by PROESP-BR. Multivariate factorial analysis was used, observing the commonality/ representativeness of each test with regard to the set, and the index was created for girls and boys. With this analysis we can choose to use the following tests: female-throwing medicine ball, horizontal jump and run 20 meters; malethrowing medicine ball, representing the overall performance. The created index was divided into quintiles and allowed you to view the whole performance of the six tests, as well as their distribution within the group and away from the ideal reference.

Diversity of parameters in the muscle strength evaluation of Brazilian school children and adolescents: a systematic review

“…Regarding the location of these studies, it was identified that the Southern and Southeastern regions of Brazil were those that most published articles on MS in children and adolescents, with 18 studies 7-9,12-27 . Regarding the design of included studies, 22 had cross-sectional 3,7-9,14-21, [23][24][25][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] and five longitudinal design 12,13,22,26,36 (Table 1). The studies covered different primary goals as can be observed in Table 1; however, all of them performed MS measurements as defined in the present study.…”

“…Freitas et al, 35 Montes Claros, MG No study was classified with low methodological quality / high risk of bias. Moderate methodological quality/moderate risk of bias was verified in ten studies (37.0%) 7,12,13,15,19,21,23,26,28,29 , while seventeen studies … continue (67.0%) 3,8,9,14,16,17,20,22,24,25,27,[30][31][32][33]35,36 were classified with high methodological quality / low risk of bias (Table 2). MS was investigated in fourteen different ways.…”

“…MS was investigated in fourteen different ways. HJ was used to identify MS levels in 16 studies 12,13,15,16,[19][20][21]23,27,[29][30][31][32][33]35,36 ; in 15 studies, MS was investigated through HGS 3,8,9,12,15,17,20,22,[24][25][26]28,33,35,36 ; in four studies, vertical jump without the aid of arms (VJWAA) was used to evaluate MS 12,20,22,26 ; in four other studies, TMB was used 16,23,29,30 ; in two studies the isokinetic strength of knee extensors (IFKE) was used as a reference for MS 14,21 ; in two other studies, MS was investigated through vertical jump using arms (VJUA) 14,21 ; the maximal repetition in the horizontal bench press (1MRBP) and a maximal repetition in the leg press (1MRLP) tests were used to measure MS levels in one study 7 ; the tests of a maximal repetition in the extensor table (1MRET) and a maximum repetition in the biceps curl (1MRBC) thread were used in another study…”

“…In addition, the isokinetic strength test of knee flexors (IFKF) was also used 21 (Table 3). Table 4 shows studies that classified MS as adequate or inadequate for health based on some physical test battery 8,9,16,29,30 . Five studies did this type of classification and used three different physical tests (e.g., HJ, TMB and HGS).…”

“…Five studies did this type of classification and used three different physical tests (e.g., HJ, TMB and HGS). Three studies used two different tests in the same sample (e.g., HJ, TMB) 16,29,30 . The physical test batteries PROESP/BR 37 and CSEP 6 were used in these studies.…”