期刊名称：Facta Universitatis : Series Physical Education and Sport
印刷版ISSN：1451-740X
出版年度：2013
卷号：11
期号：1
页码：115-124
出版社：University of Niš
摘要：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.
关键词：Eurofit battery tests; endurance in pull-ups; force; metric characteristics.
