Physical capacity and the motor tests relative for the health promotion in children and adolescents

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Roberto Jerônimo dos santos
• Data de Publicação: 2003
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria & Desempenho Humano (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/rbcdh/article/view/4009

This article discusses physical capacity and health-promotion-oriented motor tests in children and adolescents, in order to provide a foundation for future studies that intend to debate this topic. The idea of evaluating physical activity levels in a population is aimed to determine the level of physical fitness, and to verify that this is in line with criteria for good health. From a functional point of view, good health is defined by the following components: body composition (not considered in this article), strength, muscular endurance capacity and flexibility. These components are measured by test batteries that are intended to measure the health of individuals and/or populations. The starting point for this debate is the published reference literature that classifies motor tests as either norm-referenced or criterion-referenced standards.