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Article Dans Une Revue British Journal of Sports Medicine Année : 2023

European fitness landscape for children and adolescents: updated reference values, fitness maps and country rankings based on nearly 8 million test results from 34 countries gathered by the FitBack network

1 UGR - Universidad de Granada = University of Granada
2 JYU - University of Jyväskylä
3 Karolinska Institutet [Stockholm]
4 University of Ljubljana
5 FAMNIT - Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies [Koper]
6 FAMNIT - Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies
7 Universidad Loyola Andalucía = Loyola University Andalucía
8 University of Tartu
9 ARENA, - Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity
10 University of South Australia [Adelaide]
11 University of Belgrade [Belgrade]
12 jamk - JAMK University of Applied Sciences [Jyväskylä]
13 University of Zagreb
14 University of Luxembourg [Luxembourg]
15 Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
16 Hungarian School Sport Federation
17 Hungarian University of Sports Science
18 CIPER - Faculdade de Motricidade Humana
19 UGENT - Universiteit Gent = Ghent University
20 Lithuanian sports university
21 Rutgers University [Camden]
22 UNIROMA - Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" = Sapienza University [Rome]
23 Tallinn University
24 Harokopio University of Athens
25 NKUA - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
26 MUNI - Masaryk University [Brno]
27 RECETOX / MUNI - Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment [Brno]
28 JKU - University of Linz - Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
29 Technical University of Liberec
30 Palacky University Olomouc
31 UKIM - Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
32 GALENO Research Group
33 EREN [CRESS - U1153 / UMR_A 1125] - Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team | Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle
34 INFINITE (Ex-Liric) - Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation - U 1286
35 UL - University of Limerick
36 Autonomous University of Madrid
37 University of Iceland [Reykjavik]
38 University of Essex
39 KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
40 UCG - University of Montenegro
41 Western Balkan Sport Innovation Lab
42 Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute [The Netherlands]
43 Amsterdam UMC - Amsterdam University Medical Center
44 Galician Sport Foundation
45 UDC - University of A Coruña
46 UPNA - Universidad Pública de Navarra [Espagne] = Public University of Navarra
47 Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw
48 University of Salento [Lecce]
49 Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute
50 UZH - Universität Zürich [Zürich] = University of Zurich
51 Universidad de Cantabria [Santander]
52 UCLM - Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha = University of Castilla-La Mancha
53 University of Eastern Finland
54 University of Kuopio
55 Università degli studi di Palermo - University of Palermo
56 Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS
57 SDU - University of Southern Denmark
Gregor Starc
Maroje Sorić
Claude Scheuer
Attilio Carraro
Tamás Csányi
Luis B Sardinha
Matthieu Lenoir
Maret Pihu
  • Fonction : Auteur
Kenn Konstabel
José Castro-Piñero
Brendan O’keeffe
Gavin Sandercock
Saima Kuu
  • Fonction : Auteur
Sanja Salaj
  • Fonction : Auteur
Dario Novak
  • Fonction : Auteur
Niels Wedderkopp
Gregor Jurak

Résumé

Objectives: (1) To develop reference values for health-related fitness in European children and adolescents aged 6–18 years that are the foundation for the web-based, open-access and multilanguage fitness platform (FitBack); (2) to provide comparisons across European countries. Methods: This study builds on a previous large fitness reference study in European youth by (1) widening the age demographic, (2) identifying the most recent and representative country-level data and (3) including national data from existing fitness surveillance and monitoring systems. We used the Assessing Levels of PHysical Activity and fitness at population level (ALPHA) test battery as it comprises tests with the highest test–retest reliability, criterion/construct validity and health-related predictive validity: the 20 m shuttle run (cardiorespiratory fitness); handgrip strength and standing long jump (muscular strength); and body height, body mass, body mass index and waist circumference (anthropometry). Percentile values were obtained using the generalised additive models for location, scale and shape method. Results: A total of 7 966 693 test results from 34 countries (106 datasets) were used to develop sex-specific and age-specific percentile values. In addition, country-level rankings based on mean percentiles are provided for each fitness test, as well as an overall fitness ranking. Finally, an interactive fitness platform, including individual and group reporting and European fitness maps, is provided and freely available online ( www.fitbackeurope.eu ). Conclusion: This study discusses the major implications of fitness assessment in youth from health, educational and sport perspectives, and how the FitBack reference values and interactive web-based platform contribute to it. Fitness testing can be conducted in school and/or sport settings, and the interpreted results be integrated in the healthcare systems across Europe.
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Francisco B Ortega, Bojan Leskošek, Rok Blagus, José J Gil-Cosano, Jarek Mäestu, et al.. European fitness landscape for children and adolescents: updated reference values, fitness maps and country rankings based on nearly 8 million test results from 34 countries gathered by the FitBack network. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2023, 57 (5), pp.299-310. ⟨10.1136/bjsports-2022-106176⟩. ⟨hal-04158720⟩
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