Reference standards to assess physical fitness of children and adolescents of Brazil: an approach to the students of the Lake Itaipú region—Brazil

Hobold, Edílson; Lopes, Vítor P.; Gómez-Campos, Rossana; Arruda, Miguel de; Andruske, Cynthia Lee; Pacheco-Carrillo, Jaime; Cossío-Bolaños, Marco

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“…Fitness reference values in children and adolescents have been reported in many countries in Europe, the Americas, Oceania, and Asia. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Recently, Tomkinson established European normative values for several physical fitness components in youth aged 9-17 years. 21 However, data on physical fitness levels in France are scarce, and only one study addressing the reference data for a French sample has been reported, and that study was restricted to adolescents.…”

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Normative health‐related fitness values for French children: The Diagnoform Programme

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Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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The primary objective of this study was to establish sex‐ and age‐specific physical fitness percentiles for French children. The secondary aim was to assess sex, weight status, and age differences for physical fitness levels in French children. A sample of 31 484 children (16 023 boys, 15 461 girls) aged 6‐11 years participated in the Diagnoform programme. Cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular endurance, speed, flexibility, and agility were assessed in this national programme. Percentile values were estimated as a function of age stratified by sex using a parametric method providing smooth centile curves and explicit formulae for the centile estimates. Values from the 10th to the 90th percentile are reported. The influence of body weight according to sex on the physical fitness level was also examined using an analysis of covariance adjusted for age. Physical fitness levels were slightly better in boys, except for agility and flexibility, in which girls performed better (Cohen's coefficient, 0.20‐0.45; P < .001). All physical fitness tests were significantly associated with age (P < .0001). In general, overweight and obese children had a significantly poorer physical fitness level compared with their normal‐weight counterparts (P < .05). No difference was found between thin and normal‐weight boys and girls, except for agility (P < .05). Reference values provide normative data for French children, and these data should be useful for identifying special needs for appropriate intervention programmes.

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Normative health‐related fitness values for French children: The Diagnoform Programme

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“…Other studies have reported lower values up to <p15 as low level warning signs while interpreting p15 to p80 as adequate, and above >p85 as a high level of fitness. 11,33 The cut-off points selected for this study coincide with those proposed by researchers from previous studies (p<15, p15 to p85, and >p85). However, according to Dobosz et al, 12 regardless of the uses and applications, children and/or adolescents classified above p90 or p97 need to be considered as talented, especially for those sports where this component is relevant.…”

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“…Afterwards, the results were compared. The levels of muscle fitness from the horizontal jump of the Chilean students were compared with the references from Brazil, 11 Columbia, 9 Poland, 12 Greece, 18 and the European 30 country multi-centric study. 14 All those studies reported normal distribution in their data.…”

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“…4 As a result, due to these characteristics, it is necessary to include the HJ as an important test in the educational system for assessing health and determining sport performance in students. In this sense, researchers in a number of studies in South America, [9][10][11] and throughout the world, [12][13][14] have proposed references to assess HJ performance for children and adolescents. Thus, its use and application in Chile may reflect discrepancies, limiting its use due to geographical, social, and cultural differences between countries.…”

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Regulation data for the horizontal jump of children and adolescents

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The Horizontal Jump (HJ) is a daily tool that could be used to categorize the level of muscle fitness performance of the lower limbs. The goal was to compare the muscle fitness with those of international studies and to propose percentiles to assess the HJ performance of children and adolescents. A cross-sectional study was conducted. A total number of 3023 children and adolescents between the ages of 6.0 to 17.9 were studied. Weight, height, waist circumference (WC), and lower limb muscle fitness were evaluated. The student HJ performance values in Chile were inferior when compared to HJ performance in Brazil, Poland and Europe. For the Greek study, differences occurred only from age 6 to 15 years old. In comparison to Colombia, students showed better muscle fitness performance. These differences appeared in childhood and lasted until the beginning of adolescence. Percentiles were created to assess the lower limb fitness being an easy tool to be used and applied to classify lower limb strength.

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“…In general, for the 20m shuttle run test the running pace is imposed by a sound signal, and the initial speed is about 8.5 km/h, and it increases of 0.5 km/h over 1 min intervals. The testing usually finishes when the patient stops, due to fatigue, or when he/she does not reach the line at the same time as the audio signal, on two consecutive occasions [ 62 ]. Moreover, there is also a test based on an electronically braked cycle ergometer that is the cardio-pulmonary exercise test (CPET).…”

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Physical training interventions for children and teenagers affected by acute lymphoblastic leukemia and related treatment impairments

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A decreased physical fitness has been reported in patients and survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). This is influenced by the negative effects of the disease and by the treatments of childhood cancer.In the past, children were advised to recover in bed, and to take as much relax as possible. Nowadays, it is considered that too much immobility may result in a further decrease of physical fitness and functioning. Exercise training for ALL children has frequently been reported to improve physical fitness and the well-being of the children, since it prevents the negative effects of a sedentary life-style, such as obesity and a poor skeletal health. In recent years, different studies and protocols on this subject has become available for children and young adults with cancer, both during and after treatment.The efficacy of recent physical exercise training interventions, that act on several ALL impairments in children such as skeletal, musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, cardiopulmonary and cardiovascular systems, fatigue, body balance disorders and metabolism alterations have been examined.These side effects might be prevented or significantly reduced by introducing a physical exercise program during or shortly after cancer treatment. Several interventions are discussed and presented for each impairment, reducing their level caused by the disease and thus suggesting the importance of physical training activity in ameliorating the children quality of life.

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Reference standards to assess physical fitness of children and adolescents of Brazil: an approach to the students of the Lake Itaipú region—Brazil

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Normative health‐related fitness values for French children: The Diagnoform Programme

Normative health‐related fitness values for French children: The Diagnoform Programme

Regulation data for the horizontal jump of children and adolescents

Physical training interventions for children and teenagers affected by acute lymphoblastic leukemia and related treatment impairments

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