Valor científico y práctico de la plataforma europea FitBack para las educadoras y educadores deportivos

  1. M. Olvera-Rojas 1
  2. Jose J. Gil-Cosano 1
  3. Jonatan R. Ruiz 1
  4. Shawnda A. Morrison
  5. Marjeta Kovač 2
  6. Bojan Leskošek 2
  7. Gregor Jurak
  8. Francisco B. Ortega Porcel
  1. 1 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

  2. 2 Universidad de Liubliana, Eslovenia
Journal:
Revista Española de Educación Física y Deportes: REEFD

ISSN: 1133-6366

Year of publication: 2022

Issue: 436

Pages: 70-84

Type: Article

DOI: 10.55166/REEFD.VI463(3).1069 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

More publications in: Revista Española de Educación Física y Deportes: REEFD

Abstract

Fitness testing in youth is important from a health, educational and sport point of view. The FitBack project has been funded by the European Commission to develop a tool that provides individualized and group reports on physical fitness levels in children and adolescents.The goal of the study was to present the scientific methods and practical usefulness of the FitBack web platform to sport-physical educators.Data from European youth aged 6-18 years have been used to determine the cut-off points. The ALPHA test battery was used for the assessment as it comprises tests that are reliable, have criterion/construct validity and predictive validity in relation to health. These tests include the domains of cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength and anthropometry. Percentiles were obtained using the GAMLSS method. Nearly 8,000,000 data points from 34 countries (106 databases) have been used to develop the sex-and age-specific percentiles. Thereby, a multilingual and interactive platform was developed allowing the automatic creation of individual and group reports on fitness level, and tips from improvement. This study shows the scientific rationale and functionality of theFitBack platform, and it is presented as a tool that offers multiple possibilities for physical fitness educators to assess the physical fitness levels of schoolchildren.

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