Creation Of Reference Index And Reduction In Physical Tests Proposed By Proesp-br

Abstract

Evaluating the physical capabilities has helped with the diagnosis and prevention of diseases, and with detecting sporting talents.The Brazilian Sports Project (PROESP-BR) was created of outlining the somatomotor profile of the children and adolescents Brazilian population . More condensed the evaluations could be, the easier will be the reproducibility, and for evaluate the largest possible number of people, it would be interesting to have a general evaluation index for all the valences, whether it is with regard to health or to sporting performance. PURPOSE: To create a unifying index of the PROESP-BR tests for school teenage and propose a reduction in the physical tests. METHODS: A total of 414 adolescents aged between 15 and 17 years old, representative of the population at public schools in the city of Cuiabá, state of Mato Grosso-Brazil, were evaluated. The following general physical fitness tests were applied: abdominal endurance test, long jump, running for 9 minutes, 20-meter run, square test and throwing the medicine ball. Multivariate factorial analysis was used, observing the commonality/representativeness of each test with regard to the set, and the index was created for girls and boys classifying those in quintiles from weak to very good. RESULTS: The communality results for girls and boys in each test, respectively, were as follows: abdominal endurance (0.57; 0.43), throwing the medicine ball (0.82; 0.65), horizontal jump (0.72; 0.67), 20-meter run (0.69; 0.50), square test (0.69; 0.50), 9-minute run (0.42; 0.73); and for the index: excellent (0.01 – 3.85; 0.01 – 3.50), very good (3.86 – 7.70; 3.51 – 7.00), good (7.71 – 11.55; 7.01 – 10.50), reasonable (11.56 – 15.40; 10.51 – 14.00) and weak (≥15.40; ≥14.01). CONCLUSION: The test that best represented the female group was throwing the medicine ball and horizontal jump. For the male group it was the 9-minute run. Moreover, it was possible to create an overall index for those evaluated, which allowed the joint performance of the six tests to be visualized in single score, as well as its distribution within the group and distance from the reference ideal. Helping with visualization of the overall motor performance of school adolescents, and this can be used by Physical Education teachers in the following-up their pupils performance.