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Children's Perceptions of the FITNESSGRAM Fitness Test
FITNESSGRAM is a battery of fitness tests that assess if a child's fitness level is, according to a health standard, enough to be considered healthy. These tests include the five components of health-related fitness: aerobic endurance, muscular strength and muscular endurance, flexibility, and body …
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Junior High Students' Perceptions of the Fitnessgram Fitness Test
<p>The Fitnessgram is a battery of fitness tests designed for children and adolescents. These tests include aerobic capacity, body composition, muscle strength and endurance, and flexibility. Students are not compared to each other, rather to health fitness standards, specific to age and gender, …
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Developing a fitness program for Summit Intermediate School
… and health oriented curriculum. The Prudential Fitnessgram will be utilized as the change vehicle through which students will face a variety of fitness activities, assessments, and goal setting opportunities during physical education class.
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The Reliability and Validity of the Pacer for 3rd and 4th Grade Males
<p>BACKGROUND: FITNESSGRAM recommends the use of the PACER, a 20-meter shuttle run, to assess the aerobic ability of children in physical education classes.</p> <p>OBJECTIVES: To examine the reliability and validity of the PACER for 3rd and 4th grade males. In addition, the reliability and validity …
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Effectiveness of the Spark Program in Increasing Fitness among Children and Adolescents
… increase fitness as measured by the FITNESSGRAM physical fitness battery. 247 children age 7-12 at the Boys and Girls Club of Bulloch County, Inc. were placed in either a treatment group that received the SPARK program twice a week or a control group that went to a study hall. Fitness …
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An Investigation Of The Association Between Physical Self Perceptions, Autonomous Motivation, And Fitness Education Strategies
… measure of physical activity. The use of Fitnessgram assessment included a variety of health-related physical fitness tests that assessed aerobic capacity; muscular strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility; and body composition. Scores from these assessments were compared to Healthy …
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Sobrepeso en escolares : prevalencia, factores protectores y de riesgo en Bogotá
… menor a los limites saludables recomendados por fitnessgram y dormir un tiempo inferior a 7 horas. La concordancia entre los diferentes métodos diagnósticos es mayor del 92%. Conclusiones: La prevalencia del sobrepeso en la ciudad de Bogotá es mayor a la de bajo peso según CDC lo cual sugiere una …
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Relación entre la morbilidad percibida y la condición cardiorrespiratoria en escolares de 9 a 17 años del distrito de Bogotá, Colombia. Estudio FUPRECOL
… de corte (saludable/no saludable) de la batería FITNESSGRAM® con la prueba de ida y vuelta de 20 metros (Course-Navette). Las relaciones entre los ocho síntomas descritos se analizaron mediante regresión logística binaria. Resultados: En la población total, el 16,4% de los entrevistados acusaron …
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Effects of a Weight Training Personalized System of Instruction Course on Self-Efficacy, Behavioral Intent, Fitness Levels and Knowledge
… test, weight training questionnaire and FITNESSGRAM fitness test before and after the completion of the 15 week course. Two (group) × two (time) repeated measures Analysis of Variances (ANOVAs) with Bonferroni corrections along with descriptive statistics were used to determine …
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Standards -Based Outcomes of Four Elementary Schools
… evaluated Standard 3. Scores from the Fitnessgram physical fitness test assessed Standard 4. Finally, an environmental access questionnaire accounted for ecological factors occurring beyond physical education. Descriptive statistics were used to report average scores on all assessments. …
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Rural and non-rural differences in minutes spent in physical activity and sedentary behavior
… (YAP), collected as part of the NFL PLAY60 FITNESSGRAM Partnership, is utilized to assess physical activity. The YAP captures the three constructs of SPA, OSTPA, and SB with fifteen questions (five questions each). A two-level mixed-model using SAS Proc Mixed was used to test for significant …
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Core stability of undergraduate collegiate dancers: an investigation of pilates on core stability and dance performance
… compared a traditional abdominal endurance test, FITNESSGRAM curl test (FGCT), with Pilates-based exercises (e.g., Legs Up, Legs on Diagonal) and found no significant differences in lower rectus abdominis engagement. However, pelvic alignment issues in the FGCT may have influenced results, as it …
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The Effects of Health-Related Fitness on School Attendance in New York City 6th-8th Grade Youth
… </em>Data were drawn from the NYC Fitnessgram. Six cohorts of NYC public middle school students were followed over 4 years during a seven-year study period (2006/7-2012/13; n=349,381). A 2-level cross-sectional Generalized Linear Mixed Model (GLMM) was used to assess the extent of …
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The Effect of Environmental Factors and Socioeconomic Status on Body Mass Index and Physical Activity in a Sample of Adolescents from Austin Texas
Obesity, a chronic multifactorial disease has become highly prevalent in the United States in the past few decades, and the incidence is predicted to continue to increase. The purpose of this study was to investigate the associations among the walkability characteristics of neighborhoods, as …
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The Effects of an ActiPed Pedometer Intervention Program on Body Composition and Aerobic Capacity of Youth in a School System in East Tennessee.
<p>The purpose of this study is to determine if the ActiPed Pedometer Intervention Program would sustain or improve aerobic capacity or body composition scores over a 12-week period for students ages 8-12 in a school system in East Tennessee. Obesity is an epidemic in Tennessee and in the United …