Tambalis Konstantinos D, Panagiotakos Demosthenes B, Arnaoutis Giannis, Sidossis Labros S
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece.
Pediatr Exerc Sci. 2013 Aug;25(3):394-406. doi: 10.1123/pes.25.3.394. Epub 2013 Jul 12.
We aimed to model endurance, explosive power, and muscle strength in relation to body mass index (BMI) and physical-fitness tests in Greek children aged 7-10 years old. In the present large epidemiological study, anthropometric measurements and physical-fitness tests (i.e., multistage shuttle run, vertical jump, standing long jump, small ball throw and 30-m sprint) from 141,169 children were analyzed. Age- and sex-specific normative values for physical fitness tests were expressed as tabulated percentiles using the LMS statistical method. The correlation coefficients between BMI and performances were negative and significant for both sexes (p < .01) in all physical-fitness tests. The only exception was a positive correlation between ball throw and BMI (p < .01). Only 2.9% and 4.0% of boys and girls respectively, passed the upper quartiles in all tests. The performance in speed may serve as a predictive factor explaining, at least in part, the performance in aerobic endurance and explosive power in children aged 7-10 years. The presented population-based data for physical-fitness tests revealed that only a small percentage of these children are in the upper quartiles in all tests. Furthermore, the data suggests that speed performance can be used to predict physical fitness.
我们旨在建立7至10岁希腊儿童的耐力、爆发力和肌肉力量与体重指数（BMI）及体能测试之间的模型。在这项大型流行病学研究中，分析了141,169名儿童的人体测量数据和体能测试（即多级穿梭跑、纵跳、立定跳远、小球投掷和30米短跑）。使用LMS统计方法，将体能测试的年龄和性别特异性标准值表示为表格形式的百分位数。在所有体能测试中，BMI与成绩之间的相关系数在两性中均为负且具有显著性（p < 0.01）。唯一的例外是投掷小球与BMI之间呈正相关（p < 0.01）。分别只有2.9%的男孩和4.0%的女孩在所有测试中达到上四分位数。速度表现可能是一个预测因素，至少部分地解释了7至10岁儿童的有氧耐力和爆发力表现。所呈现的基于人群的体能测试数据表明，这些儿童中只有一小部分在所有测试中处于上四分位数。此外，数据表明速度表现可用于预测体能。
