Reference standards to assess physical fitness of children and adolescents of Brazil: an approach to the students of the Lake Itaipú region—Brazil

Background The importance of assessing body fat variables and physical fitness tests plays an important role in monitoring the level of activity and physical fitness of the general population. The objective of this study was to develop reference norms to evaluate the physical fitness aptitudes of ch...

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Main Authors: Edilson Hobold, Vitor Pires-Lopes, Rossana Gómez-Campos, Miguel de Arruda, Cynthia Lee Andruske, Jaime Pacheco-Carrillo, Marco Antonio Cossio-Bolaños
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017-11-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/4032.pdf