ArticleTranslational pediatrics2022
Tracking of physical fitness levels from childhood and adolescence to adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Longitudinal Change and Tracking of Health-Related Physical Fitness in Adolescents Aged 12-16 Years: A Structured Narrative Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The Relationship Between Physical Fitness and Physical Literacy: Empirical Evidence Linking Two Physical Activity-Health Concepts.Sports medicine - open · 2026Article
- Impact of Annual School Fitness Reports on Students' Cardiorespiratory Fitness: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of Parental Reporting.Pediatric exercise science · 2026Article
- Pro-inflammatory dietary patterns and physical fitness in Spanish adolescents: a cross-sectional analysis from the EHDLA study.European journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- Physical Fitness Profiles Among Children and Adolescents With ADHD and ASD: A Comparison With Typically Developing Peers.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026Article
- Longitudinal Tracking of Objective Measures of Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Body Composition, and Physical Activity in Children.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2026Article
- Evidence Mapping: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Practice Elements in Early Childhood Education and Care.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2026Article
- Profiles of 24-h movement behaviors and physical fitness among preschool children: a latent profile analysis.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2026Article
- Sex-Related Differences in Adolescent Physical Fitness, Physical Activity Levels and Enjoyment: A Two-Year Follow-Up of Italian Middle School Students.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Change and Tracking of Physical Fitness Among Children Aged 5-12 Years: A Systematic Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Reconstructing schoolyards with greenery to increase schoolchildren's physical activity and mitigate climate changes in urban areas: study protocol for a stepped-wedge trial.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Effects of a Physical-Literacy-Based Educational Intervention on Physical Activity and Body Composition in Preadolescent Children: A School-Based Controlled Trial.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Trends in 4th-12th grade students' aerobic capacity and muscular strength and endurance: New York City public school students, 2006-2019.Frontiers in public health · 2026Observational
- School-based predictive contributors to six-minute walk test performance across pubertal stages: an explainable machine learning study in Tunisian adolescents.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Components of 24-hour movement behavior and self-reported physical fitness in Ibero-American preschoolers, children, and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Dual trends in physical fitness and suspected myopia before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a single-school study of children aged 6-11 years in rural Zhejiang, China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- SLJ is associated with multiple field-based fitness indicators in young adult males.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Background: Prospective and large studies indicate that high physical fitness levels during young are beneficial for health during adulthood. The aim of the study was to investigate the tracking of physical fitness components from childhood and/or adolescence to adulthood. Methods: Two authors systematically searched MEDLINE and Web of Science electronic databases for relevant articles. Studies with apparently healthy youth aged 6-18 years who track their physical fitness to adulthood were included. Our study carried out according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). Correlation coefficients (r) were used as effect size. Random-effects models were used to estimate the pooled effect size. Correlation coefficients were interpreted as follows: <0.30 low stability, 0.30 to 0.60 moderate stability, and >0.60 high stability. Risk of bias of each study was determined by The Quality Assessment Tool for Observational Cohort and Cross-sectional Studies. Results: Twenty-one prospective studies were included in the meta-analysis (n=6,197 participants at follow-up, 47.4% women). The mean length of follow-up was 20.8 years. Overall, cardiorespiratory fitness (r=0.38; 95% CI: 0.29-0.48; I Discussion: Although the current study found inconsistency between results, the findings suggest that acquiring high physical fitness levels should be targeted already from childhood and adolescence given that low levels of fitness in adulthood are related with several chronic diseases and mortality. Trial Registration: Registration number CRD42021279143.
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