May the force be with youth: foundational strength for lifelong development

AD Faigenbaum, NA Ratamess, J Kang… - Current Sports …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Today's youth are weaker than previous generations, and measurable reductions in physical
fitness are beginning to emerge. Without targeted initiatives that recognize the foundational …

Change in physical fitness due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in French adolescents: a comparison between two independent large samples from Diagnoform …

L Béghin, D Thivel, JB Baudelet, T Deschamps… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Numerous studies reported a significant decline in physical activity level in adolescents as a
result of the COVID-19 lockdown. Physical fitness is recognized as a powerful marker of …

Changes in physical fitness parameters in a Portuguese sample of adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: a one-year longitudinal study

C Silva, C Vilas, B Pereira, P Rosário… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Due to a worldwide response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many changes were imposed on
individuals' daily lives, including those related to the physical activity of children and …

Relationships of BMI, muscle-to-fat ratio, and handgrip strength-to-BMI ratio to physical fitness in Spanish children and adolescents

S Manzano-Carrasco, J Garcia-Unanue… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
This study aimed to determine the relationship of body mass index (BMI), muscle-to-fat ratio
(MFR), and handgrip strength-to-BMI ratio to physical fitness parameters in an active young …

Impact of social isolation during COVID-19 on anthropometric data, quality of life, baseline physical activity and aortic pulse wave parameters in children and …

M Godoy-Leite, FGCD Santos, EAR Penido… - Italian Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background The social restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic had a great
impact on the routine of children and adolescents, with important consequences such as …

Web-Based Technologies in Middle School Physical Education

T Botagariyev, N Mambetov, A Aralbayev… - … en educación física …, 2024 - dialnet.unirioja.es
El aspecto clave discutido en este artículo es la efectividad de introducir tecnologías
digitales y basadas en la web en la educación física de la escuela secundaria en la …

Gender and academic year as moderators of the efficacy of mobile app interventions to promote physical activity in adolescents: a randomized controlled trial

A Mateo-Orcajada, R Vaquero-Cristóbal… - Humanities and Social …, 2023 - nature.com
No previous study has analyzed the differences in the effectiveness of an intervention with
mobile applications, according to gender and academic year, on the level of physical …

Association between decreased grip strength in preschool children and the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational study from 2015 to 2021

A Yuki, Y Tamase, M Nakayama - Journal of physiological anthropology, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has reduced people's physical
activity. It is essential to accumulate knowledge regarding the influence of COVID-19 on the …

Physical fitness of Chinese primary school students across the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak: a retrospective repeated cross-sectional study

WN Hu, DY Li, WK Lam, Y Wang, DWC Wong… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Social distancing measures against COVID-19 imposed restrictions on students that may
have affected their physical health and fitness. The objective of this study was to investigate …

[HTML][HTML] Importance of training volume through the use of step trackers apps promoted from the subject of physical education to change body composition, physical …

A Mateo-Orcajada, R Vaquero-Cristóbal… - Physiology & …, 2024 - Elsevier
The aim of the present study was to determine the changes in physical activity level (PA),
kinanthropometric and derived variables, and physical fitness in adolescents, as a result of …