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Title Pediatric fitness : secular trends and geographic variability / volume editors, Grant R. Tomkinson, Timothy S. Olds
Published Basel ; London : New York ; Karger, 2007

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Description ix, 245 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series Medicine and sport science ; v. 50
Medicine and sport science ; v. 50
Contents Aerobic fitness: what are we measuring? / Armstrong, N., Welsman, J.R. -- Anaerobic fitness tests: what are we measuring? / Van Praagh, E. -- Secular changes in pediatric aerobic fitness test performance: the global picture -- Tomkinson, G.R., Olds, T.S. -- Physical fitness of children and adolescents in the United States: status and secular change / Malina, R.M. -- Fitness of Canadian children: range from traditional Inuit to sedentary city dwellers, and assessment of secular changes / Shephard, R.J. -- Who are the Eurofittest? / Tomkinson, G.R., Olds, T.S., Borms, J. -- Changes in Eurofit test performance of Estonian and Lithuanian children and adolescents (1992-2002) / Jerimee, T. ... [et al.] -- Evolution and variability in fitness test performance of Asian children and adolescents / Macfarlane, D.J., Tomkinson, G.R. --
Secular changes in aerobic fitness test performance of Australasian children and adolescents / Tomkinson, G.R., Olds, T.S. -- Prevalence, trends, and environmental influences on child and youth physical activity -- Salmon, J., Timperio, A. -- Evolution of maximal oxygen uptake in children / Rowland, T.W. -- Distributional changes in the performance of Australian children on tests of cardiorespiratory endurance / Dollman, J., Olds, T.S. -- Declines in aerobic fitness: are they only due to increasing fatness? / Olds, T.S., Ridley, K., Tomkinson, G.R
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Physical fitness for children -- Cross-cultural studies.
Author Tomkinson, Grant R.
Olds, Tim.
LC no. 2006101665
ISBN 9783805581776 (hard cover : alk. paper)
3805581777