title: [ALPHA-fitness test battery: health-related field-based fitness tests assessment in children and adolescents].
abstract: Hereby we summarize the work developed by the ALPHA (Assessing Levels of Physical Activity) Study and describe the tests included in the ALPHA health-related fitness test battery for children and adolescents. The evidence-based ALPHA-Fitness test battery include the following tests: 1) the 20 m shuttle run test to assess cardiorespiratory fitness; 2) the handgrip strength and 3) standing broad jump to assess musculoskeletal fitness, and 4) body mass index, 5) waist circumference; and 6) skinfold thickness (triceps and subscapular) to assess body composition. Furthermore, we include two versions: 1) the high priority ALPHA health-related fitness test battery, which comprises all the evidence-based fitness tests except the measurement of the skinfold thickness; and 2) the extended ALPHA health-related fitness tests battery for children and adolescents, which includes all the evidence-based fitness tests plus the 4 x 10 m shuttle run test to assess motor fitness.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educación Física y Deportiva, Facultad de Ciencias de Actividad Física y Deporte, Universidad de Granada, Granada, España. ruizi@ugr.es
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: España Romero
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Castro Piñero
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Artero
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cuenca García
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jiménez Pavón
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chillón
authors.forename: Ma J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Girela Rejón
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mora
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Suni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sjöstrom
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Castillo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001823:Body Composition; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D018737:Hand Strength / Q000502:physiology; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D009142:Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology*; D012420:Running / Q000502:physiology; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D055105:Waist Circumference