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Physical Fitness Differences Between Prepubescent Boys and Girls

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dc.contributor.authorMarta, Carlos C.
dc.contributor.authorMarinho, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorBarbosa, Tiago M.
dc.contributor.authorIzquierdo, Mikel
dc.contributor.authorMarques, MC
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-26T11:02:21Z
dc.date.available2020-02-26T11:02:21Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to analyze in which physical capabilities boys and girls are closer or distant. An additional objective was to find which of the body fat, physical activity, and somatotype factors have a greater effect on prepubescent children's physical fitness. This was a cross-sectional study involving 312 children (10.8 ± 0.4 years). The physical fitness assessment employed sets of aerobic fitness, strength, flexibility, speed, agility, and balance. The boys presented higher values in all selected tests, except tests of balance and flexibility, in which girls scored better. Gender differences in the physical fitness were greatest in the explosive strength of upper (p ≤ 0.01, η(p)(2) = 0.09) and lower limbs (p ≤ 0.01, η(p)(2) = 0.08), although with a medium-size effect of gender, and smaller in the abdominal (p > 0.05, η(p)(2) = 0.007) and upper limbs (p > 0.05, η(p)(2) = 0.003) muscular endurance, and trunk extensor strength and flexibility (p > 0.05, η(p)(2) = 0.001). The endomorphic (p ≤ 0.01, η(p)(2) = 0.26) in the girls, and the ectomorphic (p ≤ 0.01, η(p)(2) = 0.31) and mesomorphic (p ≤ 0.01, η(p)(2) = 0.26) in the boys, had the high-sized effect on the physical fitness. The physical activity in the girls, and the endomorphic and body fat in the boys, did not have a significant effect. These findings can help in the planning of activities that take into account the success and motivation of both boys and girls and thus increase levels of physical activity and physical fitness at school. However, in prepubescent children, one cannot neglect the influence of genetic determinism, observed from the morphoconstitutional point of view.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.doi10.1519/JSC.0b013e31825bb4aapt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/9548
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.subjectAbdominal Musclespt_PT
dc.subjectBody Sizept_PT
dc.subjectChildpt_PT
dc.subjectCross-Sectional Studiespt_PT
dc.subjectFemalept_PT
dc.subjectHumanspt_PT
dc.subjectLower Extremitypt_PT
dc.subjectMalept_PT
dc.subjectMotor Activitypt_PT
dc.subjectMotor Skillspt_PT
dc.subjectPhysical Fitnesspt_PT
dc.subjectSex Factorspt_PT
dc.subjectSkinfold Thicknesspt_PT
dc.subjectSomatotypespt_PT
dc.subjectStatistics Nonparametricpt_PT
dc.subjectUpper Extremitypt_PT
dc.subjectMuscle Strengthpt_PT
dc.subjectPostural Balancept_PT
dc.subjectRange of Motion Articularpt_PT
dc.titlePhysical Fitness Differences Between Prepubescent Boys and Girlspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage1766pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue7pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage1756pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Strength and Conditioning Researchpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume26pt_PT
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