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- Title
METRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MOTOR TEST USED TO ESTIMATE THE FORCE OF THE ARMS AND SHOULDERS.
- Authors
Šekeljić, Goran; Stamatović, Milovan; Marković, Živorad; Marković, Jovan
- Abstract
The aim of this paper is to point out to the deficiencies and inconsistencies of the test for estimating muscle force. The sample of participants consisted of over 1000 fourth-grade elementary school boys and school girls and 300 high school sophomores. In this paper the focus of our interest is one of the tests which is a part of the Eurofit battery test. In fact, it is a test named "Endurance in pull-ups" which estimates the force of the arms and shoulders. Analyses of the obtained results indicate that the test does not have the required sensitivity, to discriminate the global pattern weakly. High coefficient values of the skewness variation value with a characteristic of extremely positive curvature, indicate that the motor task is rather difficult for most ten-year-olds. An analysis of the way in which the test is carried out indicates this test is just a standard one (performing on the same, predetermined protocol), but not standardized (the same one in the units of work). The measured physical value is not expressed in newtons (N), which are provided by the international system of physical value and its units. The paper proposes a way in which the test should be modified in order to have the necessary metric characteristics. The interpretation of the results and then the conclusions in kinesiology research, would scientifically be valid only in such a way.
- Subjects
MOTOR ability testing; MUSCLE strength; SCHOOLGIRLS; EXERCISE; PHYSICAL fitness; SCHOOLBOYS; EUROFIT
- Publication
Facta Universitatis: Series Physical Education & Sport, 2013, Vol 11, Issue 1, p115
- ISSN
1451-740X
- Publication type
Article