Validity and Reliability of Physical Fitness Testing
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Sport and Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2021) | Viewed by 23385
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Interests: health-related quality of life; health promotion; health education; physical and sports activities as a strategy to promote a healthy society; physical activity interventions; exercise training physical exercise; physical health; assessment of physical capacity; health; quality of life in groups of subjects and active lifestyle (elderly; children, type 2 diabetes, Parkinson’s, etc.); balance and muscle strength; rehabilitation; osteoporosis; fall prevention; validity and reliability of physical fitness testing; active tourism; outdoor behavioral healthcare; wilderness therapy; forest bathing; shinrin-yoku
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Dear Colleagues,
Some parameters of physical fitness have been associated with health. Higher levels of maximal oxygen consumption, for example, which is an indicator of cardiorespiratory fitness, describe a better health status, while higher muscle strength (1RM) has also been associated with healthier status. However, in some populations, measuring VO2max or 1RM can be compromised, so it is important to determine the validity and reliability of alternative physical fitness tests in chronic disease or special populations. Therefore, the purpose of this Special Issue is to present reliable and valid physical tests that can be used to evaluate physical fitness in different populations.
Dr. José Carmelo Adsuar
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- feasibility
- intraclass correlation coefficient
- minimal detectable change
- physical fitness
- reliable
- reproducibility
- standard error of measurement
- smallest real difference
- test–retest
- valid
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