title: Associations between fitness tests and the international physical activity questionnaire-short form in healthy men.
abstract: The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the components of health-related fitness (flexibility, muscular strength and endurance, and cardiorespiratory) with the outcomes of short version of International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-SF). Four hundred eight healthy men (aged 21-43 years) answered the IPAQ-SF and performed the following tests: sit-and-reach, hand grip dynamometer, sit-ups and push-ups, and 20-m shuttle run test. The weekly energy expenditure expressed in metabolic equivalent task minutes per week (METs min·wk) from all IPAQ-SF categories showed a significant association with the flexibility (p < 0.05) and the cardiorespiratory fitness (p < 0.05). The METs min·wk of vigorous-intensity physical activity (PA) and total PA score were significantly correlated with upper-body muscular endurance (p < 0.05). In addition, 44% (n = 176) of the subjects presented high PA level and showed greater flexibility, upper-body muscular endurance, and cardiorespiratory fitness than subjects who presented moderate and low PA levels (p < 0.05). In conclusion, IPAQ-SF's outcomes reflect not only the association with the cardiorespiratory fitness but also the flexibility and the upper-body muscular endurance.
authors.affiliation: 1Endurance Performance Research Group, School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and 2Faculty of Nutrition, Federal University of Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Silva-Batista
authors.forename: Rodrigo P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Urso
authors.forename: Adriano E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Lima Silva
authors.forename: Rômulo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bertuzzi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D053580:Muscle Strength; D010807:Physical Endurance; D010809:Physical Fitness; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires