[Reconsideration of evaluation criteria for physical fitness tests of a working population--comparing conventional and new evaluation criteria].
We set up new evaluation criteria values for grip strength, sit ups, trunk flexion, standing on one leg with eyes closed, whole body reaction and maximum oxygen uptake by age and by sex, by analysing data for about 50,000 people collected by the Japan Industrial Safety & Health Association. We thought that the conventional evaluation criteria values used in the physical fitness tests for a working population did not appropriately reflect the present conditions, and so we compared the new evaluation criteria values with the conventional evaluation criteria values. As a result, a very significant difference was noted in each test item. Then, by examining the quality of the data, change of the times, number of persons tested, and characteristics of the groups studied, all of which could have caused such differences, it was concluded that the proposed new criteria values would be appropriate for evaluation of the physical fitness of the current working population.
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Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Tokai University, Isehara, Japan.
Orimo
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Takeda
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Haraguchi
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Kurotani
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Mitsuhashi
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D000328:Adult; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000592:standards*; D017079:Exercise Tolerance; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health; D010809:Physical Fitness