Fitness Measures and Health Outcomes in Youth (2012) / Chapter Skim
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10 Future Needs
10 Future Needs
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for interpreting performance on fitness tests. T he review of the literature conducted for this study revealed a number of associations between fitness tests and health markers or risk factors.
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· Studies should examine the relationship between changes in cardiorespiratory endurance as measured by field tests, includ ing the shuttle run and timed and distance runs, and subse quent changes in health risk factors in youth beyond weight status and cardiometabolic risk factors. Examples include bone health and neurocognitive function and behavior.
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· Studies should examine the potential effects of modifying fac tors (i.e., age, gender, race/ethnicity, body composition, matu rity status, training status/practice, motor skill, socioeconomic factors) on fitness components and on the relationship between a change in a health-related fitness component and health markers in specific populations.
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It is not the committee's intent to eliminate from future consideration or from a research agenda those test items that currently do not meet the level of evidence necessary for inclusion in a battery of fitness tests for youth.
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