Pediatric fitness
Subtitle: secular trends and geographic variability
By: volume editors, Grant R. Tomkinson, Timothy S. Olds.
Contributors: Tomkinson, Grant R.; Olds, Tim.
Series: Medicine and sport science -- v. 50
Publisher: New York ; Karger
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Basel
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9783805581776
Subjects: Physical fitness for children -- Cross-cultural studies; Physical Fitness; Adolescent; Child; Exercise Test
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Aerobic fitness: what are we measuring? / Armstrong, N., Welsman, J.R.; title: Anaerobic fitness tests: what are we measuring? / Van Praagh, E.; title: Secular changes in pediatric aerobic fitness test performance: the global picture; title: Tomkinson, G.R., Olds, T.S.; title: Physical fitness of children and adolescents in the United States: status and secular change / Malina, R.M.; title: Fitness of Canadian children: range from traditional Inuit to sedentary city dwellers, and assessment of secular changes / Shephard, R.J.; title: Who are the Eurofittest? / Tomkinson, G.R., Olds, T.S., Borms, J.; title: Changes in Eurofit test performance of Estonian and Lithuanian children and adolescents (1992-2002) / Jerimee, T. ... [et al.]; title: Evolution and variability in fitness test performance of Asian children and adolescents / Macfarlane, D.J., Tomkinson, G.R.; title: Secular changes in aerobic fitness test performance of Australasian children and adolescents / Tomkinson, G.R., Olds, T.S.; title: Prevalence, trends, and environmental influences on child and youth physical activity; title: Salmon, J., Timperio, A.; title: Evolution of maximal oxygen uptake in children / Rowland, T.W.; title: Distributional changes in the performance of Australian children on tests of cardiorespiratory endurance / Dollman, J., Olds, T.S.; title: Declines in aerobic fitness: are they only due to increasing fatness? / Olds, T.S., Ridley, K., Tomkinson, G.R.