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Secular trends in health-related physical fitness among 11–14-year-old Croatian children and adolescents from 1999 to 2014
- Source :
- Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2021), Scientific Reports
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- The main purpose of the study was to analyze secular trends of health-related physical fitness in 7–14-year-old Croatian children and adolescents from 1999 and 2014. In this observational cross-sectional study, we recruited 5077 children and adolescents between ages 11 and 14 (50.8% girls) from five primary schools located in the capital city of Zagreb. Physical fitness performance was tested from 1999 until 2014. Physical fitness performance included: (1) body-mass index (measure of body size), (2) standing broad jump (measure of lower-body power), (3) polygon backwards (measure of general coordination and agility), (4) sit-ups in 60 s (measure of upper-body strength), (5) sit-and-reach test (measure of flexibility) and (6) 6-min run test (measure of cardiorespiratory fitness). Boys performed better in all physical fitness tests, except for sit-and-reach test (p
- Subjects :
- Male
Adolescent
Croatia
Science
Physical fitness
Article
Body Mass Index
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Humans
Muscle Strength
030212 general & internal medicine
Child
Exercise
Croatian
Multidisciplinary
Secular trends
health‑related physical fitness
children
adolescents
business.industry
Health care
Flexibility (personality)
Cardiorespiratory fitness
030229 sport sciences
language.human_language
Secular variation
Test (assessment)
Cross-Sectional Studies
Risk factors
Physical Fitness
language
Medicine
Female
Observational study
Psychology
business
Health occupations
Body mass index
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20452322
- Volume :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scientific Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....725fc04ec947b4f82aeb1aaa48448a36