Physical fitness and future cardiovascular risk in argentine children and adolescents: an introduction to the ALPHA test battery. / Physical fitness and future cardiovascular risk in argentine children and adolescents: an introduction to the ALPHA test battery.
Arch Argent Pediatr
; 112(2): 132-40, 2014 Apr.
Artículo
en Español
| BINACIS
| ID: bin-133631
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
A high level of physical fitness is associated with cardiovascular health in children and adolescents. At present, there is no systematic implementation of a test battery to assess physical fitness at schools in Argentina. The main objective of this study was to implement the ALPHA test battery to determine the physical fitness of a sample made up of Argentine children and adolescents and to establish the proportion of subjects whose aerobic capacity is indicative of future cardiovascular risk. POPULATION ANDMETHODS:
A sample of 1867 participants (967 girls) aged 6 to 19.5 years old assessed using the ALPHA test battery. Four components of physical fitness were measured 1) morphological component height, body weight, and waist circumference; 2) musculoskeletal component standing long jump test; 3) motor component speed/agility test (4x10 m shuttle run); 4) cardiorespiratory component course-navette 20 m, shuttle run test and estimation of maximal oxygen consumption. The 5th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 95th percentiles were estimated for the main tests.RESULTS:
The mean body mass index was 20.8 kg/m2, and 7.8
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Bases de datos nacionales
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Argentina
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BINACIS
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de etiología
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Factores de riesgo
País/Región como asunto:
America del Sur
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Argentina
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Español
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Arch Argent Pediatr
Año:
2014
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Artículo