COMPARISON OF TESTS OF PHYSICAL FITNESS

Abstract

Men tested by four physical fitness tests (Army Ground Forces test, Army Air Forces test, Navy step test, and Harvard Fatigue Laboratory step test) attained differing and variable ratings by the different tests. Not one of these four tests fulfills the requirements of an ideal physical fitness test. The Army Ground Forces test incorporated the largest number of good features.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 10, 1944
Accession Number
AD0655576

Entities

People

  • Ludwig W. Eichna
  • William B. Bean
  • William F. Ashe

Organizations

  • United States Army Medical Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Blood
  • Boundaries
  • Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
  • Cardiovascular System
  • Cells
  • Distribution Curves
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Heart Rate
  • High Energy
  • Military Operations
  • Motivation
  • Performance Tests
  • Physical Fitness
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Exercise and Sports Science.