Centile curves and normative values for the twenty metre shuttle-run test in English schoolchildren

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 679-687

  Sandercock, Gavin ^a   Voss, Christine ^a   Cohen, Daniel ^b   Taylor, Matthew ^a   Stasinopoulos, D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiorespiratory fitness; centiles; children; GAMLSS; normative data

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; ENGLAND; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 84858817308     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2012.660185     Document Type: Article

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