Interrater reliability of fitness gram test to be used as a reliable tool for assessing physical fitness for school children in Guwahati urban society of North-East India

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dc.contributor.authorGogoi, Pranjalen_US
dc.contributor.authorBhattacharyya, Nirmal C.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-18T10:00:38Z
dc.date.available2020-11-18T10:00:38Z
dc.date.issued2020-01
dc.description.abstractBackground: The assessment of physical fitness using a specific tool has become an important part to find out the fitness level of children and adolescence. Fitness gram is a health-related fitness test that utilizes criterion-referenced standards on health-related components. Through the years research has shown that Fitness gram has become one of the most widely used programs in the United States, though it’s used in India is not popular.Methods: Seventy school students in the age group of 5 to 14 years were included in this study and randomly allocated for physical fitness test where 62 students have completed the test. Two physiotherapists as a rater were allotted and children were tested by them with Fitnessgram test battery in a gap of 1 week. Outcome measures includes Fitness gram test battery. Statistical analysis was done by Cronbach’s Alpha value has been computed for the Interrater reliability.Results: Sixty-two students with both gender (male 56.3% and female 43.7%, age -10.12±2.72) were assessed for physical fitness using Fitness gram test battery. All the test variables showed an excellent reliability (Cronbach’s alpha =0.91-0.95).Conclusions: The Fitness gram test battery has been found to be reliable tool and can be implemented for physical fitness test for the children.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Physiotherapy, Downtown Hospital ltd, Guwahati, Assam, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati, Assam, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationGogoi Pranjal, Bhattacharyya Nirmal C.. Interrater reliability of fitness gram test to be used as a reliable tool for assessing physical fitness for school children in Guwahati urban society of North-East India. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences. 2020 Jan; 8(1): 312-316en_US
dc.identifier.issn2320-6071
dc.identifier.issn2320-6012
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/212046
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber1en_US
dc.relation.volume8en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20195928en_US
dc.subjectFitness gram testen_US
dc.subjectInter-rater reliabilityen_US
dc.subjectPediatric populationen_US
dc.subjectPhysical fitnessen_US
dc.titleInterrater reliability of fitness gram test to be used as a reliable tool for assessing physical fitness for school children in Guwahati urban society of North-East Indiaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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