Lower Performance in the Six-Minute Walk Test in Obese Youth With Cardiometabolic Risk Clustering

Lower Performance in the Six-Minute Walk Test in Obese Youth With Cardiometabolic Risk Clustering

Background: Physical fitness is an important index of health. Our aim was to assess whether cardiorespiratory and/or musculoskeletal components of physical fitness were associated with cardiometabolic risk clustering in obese youth, using adapted and validated field tests.Methods: We evaluated 252 c...

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Main Authors: Giuliana Valerio, Maria Rosaria Licenziati, Paola Tortorelli, Lidia Federica Calandriello, Paola Alicante, Luca Scalfi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
aerobic fitness
cardiometabolic risk
muscular fitness
obesity
six-minute walk test
youth
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2018.00701/full

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