Background Muscular strength is a powerful marker of current health status and robust
predictor of age-related disease and disability. Handgrip strength (HGS) using isometric …

Despite heightened recognition of the importance of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) to
cardiovascular (CV) health, along with updated international consensus guidelines for …

Background Physical fitness in childhood and adolescence is associated with a variety of
health outcomes and is a powerful marker of current and future health. However …

It is vital from the public health and educational perspective to be familiar with changes in
the fitness levels of individuals and populations since fitness is associated with several …

Background COVID-19 public health crisis has exerted immediate negative impacts on
children's physical fitness, but the longer-term effects are not clear, and the impact on …

Although defining normative values of cardiorespiratory fitness have been the topic of many
Western societies, little evidence has been provided for less developed countries like …

Previous research has shown that children who were enrolled to school according to the
legal key date (ie, keyage children, between eight and nine years in third grade) exhibited a …

Background Providing individual‐and population‐level data on children's physical fitness
(PF) is a crucial public health and education priority. However, few national fitness …

The primary objective of this study was to investigate the associations between sport
participation and weight status with physical fitness among French adolescents. The …

Introduction This study aimed to conduct a measurement-based analysis of overweight and
obesity prevalence among 6–9-year-old children in Montenegro. Methods The population of …