Mascherini Gabriele, Buglione Niccolò, Ciani Virginia, Tirinnanzi Franco, Bini Vittorio, Levi Micheli Matteo
Exercise Science Laboratory Applied to Medicine "Mario Marella", Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Asics Firenze Marathon, Viale Manfredo Fanti, 2, 50137 Florence, Italy.
Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Dec 8;10(12):2486. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10122486.
Physical fitness during youth is linked to the health of today's young people and future adults. Therefore, fitness evaluation can direct any physical exercise interventions and verify improvements. The study aims to provide normative values of the physical fitness of the Florentine adolescent population. This cross-sectional study enrolled 1915 subjects aged 14 and 15 from the first and second high school classes. Tests were performed to assess cardiovascular endurance, upper and lower limb strength, running speed and agility, and lower limb muscle flexibility. Sex and age-related percentiles were elaborated. The study included 1028 subjects in the first class (aged 14.3 ± 0.8 years; 54.5% females) and 887 in the second class (aged 15.3 ± 0.7 years; 53.4% females). Males showed higher values than females except for flexibility. Furthermore, both genders show increased results in transitioning from the first to the second class, except for muscle flexibility and running speed. The percentiles of the present study provide normative values of the physical fitness of the 14-15-year-old Florentine adolescent population. These results, characterized by a sociocultural specificity linked to the territory from which they were collected, can contribute to the assessment and improvement of the physical status of young people, promoting current and future health.
青少年时期的身体素质与当今年轻人以及未来成年人的健康息息相关。因此，体能评估可以指导任何体育锻炼干预措施并验证锻炼效果。本研究旨在提供佛罗伦萨青少年人群身体素质的标准值。这项横断面研究纳入了来自高中一、二年级的1915名14岁和15岁的学生。进行了多项测试以评估心血管耐力、上下肢力量、跑步速度和敏捷性以及下肢肌肉柔韧性。并制定了与性别和年龄相关的百分位数。该研究包括一年级的1028名学生（年龄14.3±0.8岁；女性占54.5%）和二年级的887名学生（年龄15.3±0.7岁；女性占53.4%）。除柔韧性外，男性的各项数值均高于女性。此外，除了肌肉柔韧性和跑步速度外，两个年级的学生在从一年级升入二年级时各项结果均有所提高。本研究的百分位数提供了14 - 15岁佛罗伦萨青少年人群身体素质的标准值。这些结果具有与收集数据的地区相关的社会文化特异性，有助于评估和改善年轻人的身体状况，促进当前和未来的健康。
