Kathryn L. Weston
A Preliminary Study of Physical Fitness in 8- to 10-Year-Old Primary School Children From North East England in Comparison With National and International Data
Weston, Kathryn L.; Pasecinic, Nicoleta; Basterfield, Laura
Authors
Nicoleta Pasecinic
Laura Basterfield
Abstract
Purpose: Despite recent updates to international normative values for physical fitness in young people, contemporary data sets from England are sparse with no published data available from the North East. We compared physical fitness in children from one primary school in North East England to International and European reference data, and other English regions. Methods: Eighty participants (mean age [SD]: 9.1 [0.6] y) completed a testing battery of 20-m shuttle run test, handgrip strength, standing broad jump, and sit-and-reach. Scores for each component were assessed against International or European age- and sex-specific centiles, then grouped into quintiles. Differences between our sample and European and English data sets were explored using z scores and t tests. Results: For all components, ≥58% of participants were classified as having “moderate” or lower levels. Twenty-meter shuttle run test performance was not substantially different compared with other English data sets. For handgrip and sit-and-reach, our sample scored significantly worse than South East children. Standing broad jump distance in girls, and handgrip in boys and girls, was significantly lower than North West equivalents. Conclusion: Physical fitness levels in primary school children from North East England are suboptimal, highlighting a need for large-scale monitoring studies to build on our preliminary findings.
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Weston, K. L., Pasecinic, N., & Basterfield, L. (2019). A Preliminary Study of Physical Fitness in 8- to 10-Year-Old Primary School Children From North East England in Comparison With National and International Data. Pediatric Exercise Science, 31(2), 229-237. https://doi.org/10.1123/pes.2018-0135
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Apr 1, 2019 |
Publication Date | 2019-05 |
Deposit Date | Dec 4, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 9, 2020 |
Journal | Pediatric Exercise Science |
Print ISSN | 0899-8493 |
Electronic ISSN | 1543-2920 |
Publisher | Human Kinetics |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 31 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 229-237 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1123/pes.2018-0135 |
Keywords | fitness testing; muscular fitness; aerobic fitness; young people |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2699070 |
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