Relación entre la capacidad cardiorrespiratoria y el rendimiento en los tests de condición física relacionada con la salud incluidos en la batería ALPHA en niños de 10-12 años

Physical fitness is considered an important healthrelated marker during childhood. Among its various components, cardiorespiratory fitness constitutes the leading component of health. However, its relationship with other physical fitness components has not been widely studied among children. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of having high (or low) cardiorespiratory fitness and health-related physical fitness in children 10 to 12 years of age. A sample of 72 10-12 year-old students (boys, n = 37; girls, n = 35) volunteered to participate in this study. During two sessions of Physical Education, students were evaluated by the evidence-based ALPHA healthrelated fitness test battery. During the first session, body composition measures (weight, height and skinfolds) were taken, and in the second session handgrip strength, standing long jump, and a 20-m shuttle run test were performed. Children with high cardiovascular fitness ( 50th percentile in shuttle run test scores) showed lower values for BMI, skinfolds, and body fat percentage and higher values for standing long jump, the shuttle run test, and maximal oxygen consumption than the low cardiovascular fitness group (