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Eurofit Fitness Testing Battery
Introduction
The Eurofit Physical Fitness Test Battery is a set of nine physical fitness tests covering flexibility, speed, endurance and strength. The standardized test battery was devised by the Council of Europe, for children of school age and has been used in many European schools since 1988. The test is designed so that it can be performed within 35 to 40 minutes, using very simple equipment. A similar Eurofit for adults was published in 1995.
Tests
The following 10 tests from the Eurofit Manual are the standard tests recommended for testing school age children.
- Anthropometry: height, weight, BMI, %body fat from skinfold thickness
- Flamingo Balance test - single leg balance test
- Plate Tapping - tests speed of limb movement
- Sit-and-Reach - flexibility test
- Standing Broad Jump - measures explosive leg power.
- Handgrip Test - measures static arm strength
- Sit-Ups in 30 seconds - measures trunk strength
- Bent Arm Hang - muscular endurance/functional strength
- 10 x 5 meter Shuttle Run - measures running speed and agility
- 20 m endurance shuttle-run - cardiorespiratory endurance
The Eurofit for Adults test battery has a few different tests. The test battery includes (but is not limited to) the following:
- The 6-min walking distance or 2 km walk test
- Handgrip Test - measures static arm strength
- sit and reach flexibility
- lateral side-bending flexibility - participants have to bend laterally as far as
possible from the standing position, first to the right and then to the left side. - Plate Tapping - tests speed of limb movement
Bibliography
- Eurofit, (1993), Eurofit Tests of Physical Fitness, 2nd Edition, Strasbourg
- Oja P, Tuxworth B, eds. Eurofit for Adults: Assessment of Health-Related Fitness. Finland: Council of Europe Publishing; 1995:1-13.
- Eurofit for adults
book: Assessment of Health Related Fitness, Council of
Europe Publishing.
Related Pages
- Fitness Testing for Specific Populations
