Objective To develop sex-specific and age-specific normative values for the nine Eurofit
tests in European children and adolescents aged 9–17 years. Methods A systematic review …

Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is a good summative measure of the body's ability to perform
continuous, rhythmic, dynamic, large-muscle group physical activity, and exercise. In …

Objective To develop sex-specific and age-specific international norms for the 20 m shuttle
run test (20mSRT) in children and youth (aged 9–17 years), and to estimate the prevalence …

Results: Our results show that boys performed better than girls in speed, lower-and upper-
limb strength and cardiorespiratory fitness, and girls performed better in balance and …

Objectives To describe and compare 20 m shuttle run test (20mSRT) performance among
children and youth across 50 countries; to explore broad socioeconomic indicators that …

The aim of the present review is to investigate the main field-based tests, used alone or
included in sport or fitness batteries, for the assessment of health-and skill-related physical …

Background Substantial evidence indicates that children's physical fitness levels are
markers of their lifestyles and their cardio-metabolic health profile and are predictors of the …

Purpose In addition to excess adiposity, low cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and low
musculoskeletal fitness (MSF) are important independent risk factors for future cardio …

Although defining normative values of cardiorespiratory fitness have been the topic of many
Western societies, little evidence has been provided for less developed countries like …

The aim of the study was to investigate the difference in relative physical fitness between
children with initially high and low gross motor competence in a ten-year prospective study …