Tracking of health-related physical fitness in adolescent girls: a 3-year follow-up study

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Result on the web

<a href="https://bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12887-022-03305-2" target="_blank" >https://bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12887-022-03305-2</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-022-03305-2" target="_blank" >10.1186/s12887-022-03305-2</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Tracking of health-related physical fitness in adolescent girls: a 3-year follow-up study

Original language description

Background Evidence has shown that higher levels of physical fitness (PF) in youth have beneficial effects on adult health-related outcomes. However, the tracking of separate PF components during adolescence has been less studied. Since PF often starts to rapidly decline during adolescence, it is necessary to provide information regarding critical time-point for interventions. This study aimed to analyze the extent of tracking the components of PF through PF tests. Methods In this longitudinal study, we recruited 240 adolescent girls with recoded data at 2 time-points (15 y and 17 y). PF included body composition (fat mass), explosive power of lower extremities (standing broad jump), muscle endurance of the trunk (sit-ups in 60 s), flexibility (sit-and-reach test), muscle endurance of lower extremities (squats in 60 s), aerobic endurance (the 800 m run test) and speed endurance (the 400 m run test). Tracking coefficients were calculated using generalized estimating equations. Tertiles (high, moderate and low) were calculated for each fitness component. Results The highest tracking coefficients between the two time-points were found for explosive power of lower extremities (beta = 0.98), followed by flexibility (beta = 0.89), body composition (beta = 0.88), speed endurance (beta = 0.86), aerobic endurance (beta = 0.75), muscle endurance of lower extremities (beta = 0.65), and muscle endurance of the trunk (beta = 0.51). Tertile ratings remained stable across the two time-points. Conclusions Moderate to high tracking of PF in adolescent girls suggests that interventions aiming to increase the level of PF should probably begin in early adolescence.

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30304 - Public and environmental health

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

BMC Pediatrics

ISSN

1471-2431

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

22

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000788865000005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85129059024