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 .
The reliability of distance run tests for children in grades K-4.
The purpose of this study was to determine test-retest reliability for the 1-mile , 3/4-mile , and 1/2-mile distance run/alk tests for children in Grade s K-4 . Fifty-one intact physical education classes were r and omly assigned to one of the three distance run conditions . A total of 1,229 ( 621 boys , 608 girls ) completed the test-retests in the fall ( October ) , with 1,050 of these students ( 543 boys , 507 girls ) repeating the tests in the spring ( May ) . Results indicated that the 1-mile run/walk distance , as recommended for young children in most national test batteries , has acceptable intraclass reliability ( .83 less than R less than .90 ) for both boys and girls in Grade s 3 and 4 , has minimal ( fall ) to acceptable ( spring ) reliability for Grade 2 students ( .70 less than R less than .83 ) , but is not reliable for children in Grade s K and 1 ( .34 less than R less than .56 ) . The 1/2 mile was the only distance meeting minimal reliability st and ards for boys and girls in Grade s K and 1 ( .73 less than R less than .82 ) . Results also indicated that reliability estimates remained fairly stable across gender and age groups from the fall to spring testing periods , with the exception of the noticeably improved values for Grade 2 students on the 1-mile run/walk test . Criterion-referenced reliability ( P , percent agreement ) was also estimated relative to Physical Best and Fitnessgram run/walk st and ards . Reliability coefficients for all age group st and ards were acceptable to high ( .70 less than P less than .95 ) , except for Fitnessgram st and ards for 5-year-old girls on the 1-mile test for both fall and spring and for 6-year-old boys and girls on the 1-mile test administered in the spring
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 .