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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Do the Lower Body Strength Assessment Tests in the Spanish Navy Really Measure What They Purport to Measure?

Mª Helena Vila, Iris M de Oliveira, Francisco J Burgos-Martos, Angel Martín-Pinadero, Irimia Mollinedo-Cardalda, José M Cancela-Carral

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mª Helena VilaDepartment of Sports' Special Didactics, Universidade de Vigo, Campus A Xunqueira, s/n, CP36005 Pontevedra, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7860-4598
Iris M de OliveiraDepartment of Functional Biology and Health Sciences, Universidade de Vigo, Campus A Xunqueira, s/n, CP36005 Pontevedra, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2143-7722
Francisco J Burgos-MartosDepartment of Physical Education, Military Naval Academy in Marín, CP36913 Marín, Spain.
Angel Martín-PinaderoDepartment of Physical Education, Military Naval Academy in Marín, CP36913 Marín, Spain.
Irimia Mollinedo-CardaldaDepartment of Functional Biology and Health Sciences, Universidade de Vigo, Campus A Xunqueira, s/n, CP36005 Pontevedra, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7431-4876
José M Cancela-CarralDepartment of Sports' Special Didactics, Universidade de Vigo, Campus A Xunqueira, s/n, CP36005 Pontevedra, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2903-3829
Universidade de Vigo · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The main objective of this research was to analyse the efficacy of lower body strength assessment tests in the Armed Forces Physical Assessment System. Secondly, it was to determine what relationship exists between the physical evaluation system of the Spanish Armed forces and standardized evaluation protocols (Gold standard). A total of 905 students enrolled in the military/civil bachelor’s degree (813 male and 92 female) participated in this study. The influence of the sex of the participants was studied through the student’s t-test for independent data, and the degree of association between variables was defined by Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The results present moderate correlations (r = 0.67, r = 0.66; p < 0.001) between the vertical jump test used by the Army and the power or elastic force tests commonly used in practice and in research. The results obtained reflect a moderate relationship between the gold standard tests and the tests used by the Army, which suggests that the tests currently used to assess lower body strength should be adapted to more objective measurement tools which would allow a better comparison between samples from different armed forces.

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Military PersonnelPhysical FitnessExercise TestFemaleHumansMaleMuscle StrengthStudentsbody compositionmuscle massphysical fitnesswomen

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PMID36612371
PMCPMC9819490
OpenAlexW4313502957

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