Physical Fitness Normative Values Among School Going Children

Physical Fitness Clinical Trial

Official title:

Physical Fitness Normative Values Among School Going Children

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05085899
• Other study ID #: RiphahIU Sana Manzoor
• Status: Completed
• Start date: May 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: April 2022
• Source: Riphah International University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Physical fitness is state of health and wellbeing, it determines ability of body to perform sports or daily physical activities. Physical fitness is related to our cardiorespiratory fitness level, as cardiorespiratory fitness levels used for decreasing chronic diseases, promoting overall cardiovascular and general body health, decreasing the chance of developing disorders due to poor physical fitness. Different tests will be used for the measurement of physical fitness in school going children such as 1. height and weight, 2.waist circumference, 3.triceps skinfold thickness, 4.subscapular skinfold thickness, 5.standing long jump test, 6.handgrip strength test, 7. 20 m shuttle run test, 8. 4x10 m shuttle run test.

This study will be Cross-sectional study and will be conducted in schools in order to determine physical fitness level in school going children and adolescents between age 10-17-year-old. Data will be collected by non-probability convenience sampling technique. Early determination of physical fitness level in school going children will be helpful, to promote their health status and to prevent the incidence of cardiovascular disorders.

Description:

Evidence shows that low physical fitness level and cardiorespiratory level are strongly and independently associated with high risk of cardiovascular disorders, diabetes, mental health, stroke other risk factors and comorbidities. In children and adolescents, peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak) is the most researched physiological variable in pediatric exercise physiology for its association with cardio-metabolic risk factors and other health-related variables . Children's health and well-being is highly correlated with their physical fitness. Recently published studies indicate that low levels of physical fitness (e.g., cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular endurance/power) are associated with an elevated risk of developing adverse physiological events (e.g., unbalanced body mass index, waist circumference, systolic blood pressure, plasma glucose, lipoprotein cholesterol, insulin resistance) in school-aged students.

Physical fitness is usually determined in school-aged children using health-related physical fitness batteries (i.e., field tests). Compared to more sophisticated laboratory-based test equipment, field tests are easy-to-administer, involve minimal equipment and personnel, demonstrate good validity and reliability and a large number of subjects can be tested in a relatively small amount of time. Normative data derived from field tests have previously been used to identify subjects for health/talent promotion or to provide current objective recommendations for the assessment of physical fitness during physical education.

In this study investigator will determine physical fitness normative values in school going children, in order to determine present health status which will reduce the incidence of future occurrence of cardiovascular disorders. Present health status is strong predictor of future cardiovascular disorders.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 500
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: November 1, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 10 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

School going children of age 10-18 years,

Exclusion Criteria:

• Mentally unstable children

• Children having any disorders

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiorespiratory Fitness
• Physical Fitness

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Pakistan	Riphah Rehabilitation Clinic	Lahore	Punjab

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Riphah International University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

References & Publications (5)

Godoy-Cumillaf A, Bizzozero-Peroni B, Tomkinson GR, Brazo-Sayavera J. Physical fitness of Latin America children and adolescents: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 2021 May 3;11(5):e047122. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047122. — View Citation

Lesinski M, Schmelcher A, Herz M, Puta C, Gabriel H, Arampatzis A, Laube G, Büsch D, Granacher U. Maturation-, age-, and sex-specific anthropometric and physical fitness percentiles of German elite young athletes. PLoS One. 2020 Aug 13;15(8):e0237423. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237423. eCollection 2020. — View Citation

Ramírez-Vélez R, Silva-Moreno C, Correa-Bautista JE, González-Ruíz K, Prieto-Benavides DH, Villa-González E, García-Hermoso A. Self-Rated Health Status and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in a Sample of Schoolchildren from Bogotá, Colombia. The FUPRECOL Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Aug 23;14(9). pii: E952. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14090952. — View Citation

Ramos-Sepúlveda JA, Ramírez-Vélez R, Correa-Bautista JE, Izquierdo M, García-Hermoso A. Physical fitness and anthropometric normative values among Colombian-Indian schoolchildren. BMC Public Health. 2016 Sep 13;16:962. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3652-2. — View Citation

Thomas E, Petrigna L, Tabacchi G, Teixeira E, Pajaujiene S, Sturm DJ, Sahin FN, Gómez-López M, Pausic J, Paoli A, Alesi M, Bianco A. Percentile values of the standing broad jump in children and adolescents aged 6-18 years old. Eur J Transl Myol. 2020 Jun 17;30(2):9050. doi: 10.4081/ejtm.2019.9050. eCollection 2020 Jul 13. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	ALPHA Health-Related Fitness Test Battery for Children and Adolescents	The ALPHA fitness test battery is a developed tool to provide a set of valid, reliable, feasible and safe field-based fitness tests for the assessment of health-related physical fitness in children and adolescents.	Day 1