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Monitoring fitness levels and detecting implications for health in a French population: an observational study
- Source :
- BMJ Open, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group, 2012, 2
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2012.
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Abstract
- International audience; Objective: To analyse the physical fitness of a large sample of the French population across different ages. Design: Observational cross-sectional study. Setting: Data were collected from the Athletic Track and Field Federation, which organised events dedicated to measuring physical fitness. The events took place in 22 regions between 2006 and 2010. Participants: French volunteer citizens (N=31 349) aged between 4 and 80 years old who participated in events dedicated to measuring physical fitness. Primary and secondary outcome measures: We assessed the results of the following fitness tests: 20 m shuttle run, standing broad jump, repeated squat jump, 4×10 m shuttle run, speed, flexibility and push-ups in relation to age and body mass index (BMI) using Spearman's rho, a one-way analysis of variance. A bi-exponential model was used to represent the performance with age. Results: Our major results showed higher performances for men and for subjects with normal BMI at all age groups except for the flexibility test. BMI was strongly correlated across all ages with physical fitness p
- Subjects :
- Multi-stage fitness test
Gerontology
medicine.medical_specialty
Epidemiology
Physical fitness
Population
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
education
Track and field athletics
2. Zero hunger
education.field_of_study
[SHS.SPORT]Humanities and Social Sciences/Sport
[SHS.SPORT.SHPS]Humanities and Social Sciences/Sport/Human, political & social sport sciences
business.industry
Research
Public health
[SHS.SPORT] Humanities and Social Sciences/Sport
030229 sport sciences
General Medicine
Test (assessment)
[SHS.SPORT.SHPS] Humanities and Social Sciences/Sport/Human, political & social sport sciences
[SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
Observational study
[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
Public Health
business
Body mass index
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20446055
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMJ Open, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group, 2012, 2
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....89c51c71f359ec9da95957f60ae60929