%0 Journal Article
%T Association between low levels of physical fitness and sociodemographic factors in adolescents from rural and urban areas Associa  o entre baixos n¨ªveis de aptid o f¨ªsica e fatores sociodemogr¨¢ficos em adolescentes de ¨¢rea urbanas e rurais
%A Edio Luiz Petroski
%A Adelson Fernandes da Silva
%A Adriana Bispo Rodrigues
%A Andreia Pelegrini
%J Motricidade
%D 2012
%I Funda??o T¨¦cnica e Cient¨ªfica do Desporto
%R 10.6063/motricidade.8(1).227
%X The objective was to evaluate the association between low levels of physical fitness and sociodemographic factors in adolescents from rural and urban areas. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 627 adolescents (299 from urban areas and 328 from rural areas) aged 14 to 17 years, who attended state public schools. Sociodemographic data, anthropometric measures and health-related physical fitness data (Physical Best) were collected. With respect to flexibility, adolescents from urban areas presented a 56% higher chance of inadequate flexibility than schoolchildren from rural areas. In the sit-up test, adolescents from rural areas presented an almost 10 times higher chance of inadequate muscle strength/endurance than those from urban areas. Regarding cardiorespiratory fitness, adolescents from urban areas showed a 91% higher chance of inadequate fitness than those from rural areas. In conclusion, adolescents from urban areas attending state public schools are more prone to inadequate health-related physical fitness than adolescents from rural areas. O estudo teve como objetivo verificar a associa  o entre a aptid o f¨ªsica e fatores sociodemogr¨¢ficos em adolescentes domiciliados em ¨¢reas urbanas e rurais. Estudo transversal conduzido em 627 adolescentes (299 urbana e 328 rural), de 14 a 17 anos, de escolas p¨²blicas estaduais. Informa  es sociodemogr¨¢ficas, antropom¨¦tricas e de aptid o f¨ªsica relacionada ¨¤ sa¨²de (Physical Best) foram coletadas. Os resultados indicaram que, na flexibilidade, os adolescentes da ¨¢rea urbana apresentaram 56% mais chance de inadequa  o em rela  o aos da ¨¢rea rural; na for a abdominal, aqueles domiciliados na ¨¢rea rural apresentaram quase 10 vezes mais chance de inadequa  o quando comparados aos da ¨¢rea urbana; na aptid o cardiorrespirat¨®ria, os adolescentes da ¨¢rea urbana apresentaram 91% mais chance de inadequa  o que os da ¨¢rea rural. Concluiu-se que os adolescentes de escolas p¨²blicas domiciliados em ¨¢reas urbanas s o mais expostos a inadequa  o da aptid o f¨ªsica relacionada ¨¤ sa¨²de que adolescentes da ¨¢rea rural.
%U http://revistas.rcaap.pt/motricidade/article/view/227