%0 Journal Article %T Construct validity and test¨Cretest reliability of the International Fitness Scale (IFIS) in Colombian children and adolescents aged 9¨C17.9 years: the FUPRECOL study %A Alicia M. Alonso-Martinez %A Antonio Garc¨ªa-Hermoso %A Eduardo L. Cadore %A Francisco B. Ortega %A Jorge E. Correa-Bautista %A Mikel Izquierdo %A Myriam Mart¨ªnez %A Robinson Ram¨ªrez-V¨¦lez %A Sandra Milena Cruz-Salazar %J Archive of "PeerJ". %D 2017 %R 10.7717/peerj.3351 %X There is a lack of instruments and studies written in Spanish evaluating physical fitness, impeding the determination of the current status of this important health indicator in the Latin population, especially in Colombia. The aim of the study was two-fold: to examine the validity of the International Fitness Scale (IFIS) with a population-based sample of schoolchildren from Bogota, Colombia and to examine the reliability of the IFIS with children and adolescents from Engativa, Colombia %K Child %K Physical fitness %K Surveys and questionnaires %K Risk factors %K Self-report %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5444366/