Stevenson J M, Bryant J T, Andrew G M, Smith J T, French S L, Thomson J M, Deakin J M
School of Physical & Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
Can J Sport Sci. 1992 Sep;17(3):214-21.
The purpose of this study was to develop minimum physical fitness standards based on common task criteria for personnel younger than 35 years of age in the Canadian Armed Forces. A random sample of 66 men and 144 women performed the Exercise Prescription (EXPRES) test and five physically demanding tasks that simulated common military tasks. Common cutting scores were selected as the point at which 75% of the total weighted sample passed each task. Since there were significant differences between the sexes in task performance and technique execution, the groups were analyzed separately. Results indicated a range in variance of 14 to 48% between military task performance and physical fitness test score, thus suggesting that fitness measures are a poor predictor of task performance. Because of the low variance observed the passing group of each task was treated as a representative sample of subjects whose fitness profiles were indicative of those able to meet task criteria. The 5th percentile fitness scores of the passing group were proposed as the minimum fitness standard. These conditions resulted in fitness standards that were physically more demanding for women than for men.
本研究的目的是根据加拿大武装部队35岁以下人员的常见任务标准制定最低体能标准。66名男性和144名女性的随机样本进行了运动处方（EXPRES）测试以及五项模拟常见军事任务的体力要求较高的任务。选择通用的及格分数作为总加权样本中75%的人通过每项任务的分数点。由于男女在任务表现和技术执行方面存在显著差异，因此对两组分别进行了分析。结果表明，军事任务表现与体能测试分数之间的方差范围为14%至48%，这表明体能指标对任务表现的预测能力较差。由于观察到的方差较低，每项任务的及格组被视为体能状况能够满足任务标准的受试者的代表性样本。提议将及格组的第5百分位体能分数作为最低体能标准。这些条件导致女性的体能标准在身体要求上高于男性。
