Observational studyInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Italian Physical Fitness Decline: A True Fact or a Mindset? A 10-Year Observational Perspective Study.
Observational study in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Temporal Trends of Linear Speed and Change of Direction Performance in Italian Children.Journal of human kinetics · 2025Article
- Secular trends in motor abilities of Xinjiang children and adolescents aged 7-18 years from 1985 to 2019.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Secular trends in physical fitness of rural Chinese children and adolescents aged 7-18 years from 1985 to 2019.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Mandatory after-school use of step tracker apps improves physical activity, body composition and fitness of adolescents.Education and information technologies · 2023Article
- Are anthropometric characteristics powerful markers to predict the Cooper Run Test? Actual Caucasian data.PeerJ · 2023Article
- The Temporal Association between Body Characteristics and Speed Performance over Twenty-Five Years in Italian Adolescents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Evidence regarding a putative physical fitness decline remains less well documented for Italian children and adolescents. An update review of data collection articles was undertaken concerning motor performances (power, strength, speed-agility and indirect cardiorespiratory fitness) of children and adolescents worldwide and compared with 2859 11-12-year-old Italian students of both sexes, throughout a ten-year observational period. Lower limb explosive strength (standing broad jump), flexibility (sit-and-reach), endurance (Cooper) and speed (SP-30) performances of sixth grade Italian students showed nearly stable trends, with no differences during the observed decade, in both sexes. This 10-year perspective study confirmed that Italian physical fitness levels flatlined rather than actually declined. According to these study data, the decline in physical fitness of the Italian youth is ostensible and needs a further in-depth analysis.
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