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 .
Test-retest reliability of two tiltboard tests in children.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Most clinical evaluations of postural control in children are relatively subjective and have not been tested for reliability of scoring . The purpose of this study was to investigate the test-retest reliability of measurements obtained with two tiltboard tests . SUBJECTS Subjects were 18 children , aged 53 to 81 months ( mean = 64.4 , SD = 8.3 ) , who were typically developing ( TD group ) and 18 children , aged 50 to 79 months ( mean = 63.3 , SD = 8.4 ) , with developmental delays ( DD group ) . METHODS Each child was tested using the two tilt-board tests and was then retested using the same tests approximately 1 week later . The maximum angle of tiltboard tilt prior to any postural adjustment by the child was recorded . RESULTS Intraclass correlation coefficients for test-retest reliability ( two-way , r and om-effects , repeated- measures model ) ranged from .49 to .54 for the TD group and from .52 to .82 for the DD group . Angles were higher for both groups for the second test . CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION The results suggest that these tiltboard tests do not give stable and reliable measurements across test sessions . Before these tests can be used to document change in postural control abilities across time , further research is warranted
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 .