Reliability of Fitness Measures in 3- to 5-Year-Old Children Journal Articles

abstract

• The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability of short-term power output, heart rate (HR) response during and after a treadmill test, and time to complete a 25-m dash in healthy preschool children. Thirty-two 3- to 5-year-old boys and girls completed two sessions approximately one week apart. Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and coefficient of variation (CV) were calculated to evaluate reliability. Power output was found to be reliable with ICCs ranging from 0.83 to 0.93 and CVs from 8.1 to 9.7%. Time to complete the 25-m dash was highly reliable (ICC = 0.91, CV = 3.7%). Reliability for HR at submaximal exercise (ICC = 0.28, CV = 18.8%) and HR recovery (ICC = 0.42, CV = 14.0%) was not as strong. These findings should assist in determining appropriate fitness tests for preschoolers.

authors

• Nguyen, Thanh
• Obeid, Joyce
• Timmons, Brian

status

• published 

publication date

• May 2011

has subject area

• 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences (FoR)
• 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine (FoR)
• 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy (FoR)
• Analysis of Variance (MeSH)
• Bicycling (MeSH)
• Body Composition (MeSH)
• Child, Preschool (MeSH)
• Exercise (MeSH)
• Exercise Test (MeSH)
• Female (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Male (MeSH)
• Motor Skills (MeSH)
• Muscle Contraction (MeSH)
• Muscle Strength (MeSH)
• Physical Fitness (MeSH)
• Reproducibility of Results (MeSH)
• Running (MeSH)
• Sport Sciences (Science Metrix)
• Statistics as Topic (MeSH)

published in

• Pediatric Exercise Science  Journal

keywords

• Analysis of Variance
• Bicycling
• Body Composition
• Child, Preschool
• Exercise
• Exercise Test
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Motor Skills
• Muscle Contraction
• Muscle Strength
• Physical Fitness
• Reproducibility of Results
• Running
• Statistics as Topic

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1123/pes.23.2.250

PubMed ID

• 21633137

start page

• 250

end page

• 260

volume

• 23

issue

• 2