Motor fitness , particularly balance , was the most studied fitness component , while cardiorespiratory fitness was the least studied .
While we wait for more evidence to be accumulated in preschool children , the PREFIT battery hereby proposed is a useful tool for assessing physical fitness in children aged 3–5 years
Background Physical fitness is a powerful health marker in childhood and adolescence , and it is reasonable to think that it might be just as important in younger children , i.e. preschoolers .
At the moment , research ers , clinicians and sport practitioners do not have enough information about which fitness tests are more reliable , valid and informative from the health point of view to be implemented in preschool children .
Objective Our aim was to systematic ally review the studies conducted in preschool children using field-based fitness tests , and examine their ( 1 ) reliability , ( 2 ) validity , and ( 3 ) relationship with health outcomes .
Our ultimate goal was to propose a field-based physical fitness-test battery to be used in preschool children .
After analyzing the information retrieved in the current systematic review about fitness testing in preschool children , we propose the PREFIT battery , field-based FITness testing in PREschool children .
Age band 1 of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition: exploring its usefulness in mainland China.
The aim of this paper was to examine the validity and reliability of age b and 1 of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition ( MABC-2 ) in preparation for its st and ardization in mainl and China . Interrater and test-retest reliability of the MABC-2 was estimated using Intraclass Correlation Coefficient ( ICC ) . Cronbach 's alpha for each item and Item-total correlation were used to determine internal consistency . The content validity was determined by the Item-level content validity index ( I-CVI ) . Confirmatory factor analysis was used to examine the factorial validity of the MABC-2 test . The correlation coefficients between the MABC-2 and the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales-2 ( PDMS-2 ) were used to assess the criteria -related validity . The Cronbach 's alpha values of all eight items together were moderate but acceptable . The correlation coefficients between each test item and the total score were moderate except for two items . The ICC of interrater and test-retest reliability for each test items was good . The I-CVI of each item was excellent ( each above 0.78 ) . The result of confirmatory factor analysis showed that the goodness-of-fit indices of the adjusted model were good ( each above 0.9 ) , indicating a satisfactory fit of the data to the model . The total score on  MABC-2  and PDMS-2 was correlated well ( r=0.631 ) . It is concluded that the reliability and validity of age b and 1 of MABC-2 were fair in this study based on a large sample . However , there was a need to adjust part of items to improve the test 's psychometric properties when it is used in Chinese children
Motor fitness , particularly balance , was the most studied fitness component , while cardiorespiratory fitness was the least studied .
While we wait for more evidence to be accumulated in preschool children , the PREFIT battery hereby proposed is a useful tool for assessing physical fitness in children aged 3–5 years
Background Physical fitness is a powerful health marker in childhood and adolescence , and it is reasonable to think that it might be just as important in younger children , i.e. preschoolers .
At the moment , research ers , clinicians and sport practitioners do not have enough information about which fitness tests are more reliable , valid and informative from the health point of view to be implemented in preschool children .
Objective Our aim was to systematic ally review the studies conducted in preschool children using field-based fitness tests , and examine their ( 1 ) reliability , ( 2 ) validity , and ( 3 ) relationship with health outcomes .
Our ultimate goal was to propose a field-based physical fitness-test battery to be used in preschool children .
After analyzing the information retrieved in the current systematic review about fitness testing in preschool children , we propose the PREFIT battery , field-based FITness testing in PREschool children .