ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2022
Field-based physical fitness assessment in preschool children: A scoping review.
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- Identification of preschool children's physical fitness phenotypes and their association with multidimensional body shape indicators: a data-driven approach with risk prediction modeling.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Physical Fitness Benchmarks for Preschool Children in South Korea: A Population-Based Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Unveiling the predictive role of motor competence and physical fitness on inhibitory control in preschool children: a cross-sectional study.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Field-based physical fitness assessment in preschool children in China.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The Effects of Exergames on Physical Fitness, Body Composition and Enjoyment in Children: A Six-Month Intervention Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Influence of Kindergarten Environment on the Development of Preschool Children's Physical Fitness.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Evaluation of physical fitness and health of young children aged between 3 and 6 based on cluster and factor analyses.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Effects of Different Teaching Approaches on Proxy Measures of Physical Fitness of Italian Kindergarten Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Analysis of Self-Perceived Physical Fitness of Physical Education Students in Public Schools in Extremadura (Spain).Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Physical fitness, which can be measured using various health- and skill-related components, is an important indicator of child development and health status. This study undertakes a scoping review on physical fitness assessment methods in preschool children to summarize the most widely used field-based physical fitness batteries and specific test items for preschool children. A search of the literature in English was undertaken using two major electronics databases, which yielded 76 literatures that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. These literatures took the quantitative indicators of physical fitness as the outcome variables in 3-6-year-old children. This review found that of these 76 literatures analyzed, 71.1% came from Europe and 89.5% were published after 2010. The results showed six physical fitness test batteries, with the assessing FITness in PREschoolers (PREFIT) battery is the most widely used, and specific test items such as body mass index (BMI), standing long jump, handgrip, one-leg stance, sit and reach, 20 m shuttle run test (SRT)-PREFIT, and 4 × 10 m SRT are widely used in corresponding components. Therefore, we recommend that an international standard for some specific test items should be developed for preschool children to facilitate more widespread adoption and promote physical fitness assessment for preschool children.
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