Relation Between the FITNESSGRAM® Ftness Assessment and Self-Reported Physical Activity Questions

• Main Author: Tucker, Jacob
• Other Authors: Martin, Scott B.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: University of North Texas 2011
• Subjects: Physical fitness; adolescents; fitness testing; validity; physical activity; reliability
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc84291/

The FITNESSGRAM® is regularly used to assess physical fitness (PF) of adolescents. In addition to the PF assessment, the FITNESSGRAM also includes self-report physical activity (PA) items. The purpose of this study was to examine whether the self-report aerobic, muscular strengthening, and flexibility PA behavior items indicated adolescents’ cardiorespiratory, muscular strength, and flexibility fitness and their body composition. Logistic regression analysis was used to examine the relation between the amount of PA and PF status. Adolescents not meeting the recommended PA amount had significantly higher odds of not achieving a healthy fitness status. Meeting the recommended PA amount was associated with achieving healthy PF status. Thus, adolescents’ amounts of aerobic, muscular strengthening, and flexibility PA were an indication of their corresponding health-related PF standard.