Physical Fitness

"Physical Fitness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The ability to carry out daily tasks and perform physical activities in a highly functional state, often as a result of physical conditioning.

Descriptor ID	D010809
MeSH Number(s)	G11.427.685 I03.450.642.845.054.800 N01.400.545
Concept/Terms	Physical Fitness Physical Fitness Fitness, Physical

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Physical Fitness".

Biological Sciences [G]
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena [G11]
Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena [G11.427]
Physical Fitness [G11.427.685]
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Human Activities [I03]
Leisure Activities [I03.450]
Recreation [I03.450.642]
Sports [I03.450.642.845]
Athletic Performance [I03.450.642.845.054]
Physical Fitness [I03.450.642.845.054.800]
Health Care [N]
Population Characteristics [N01]
Health [N01.400]
Physical Fitness [N01.400.545]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Physical Fitness".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Physical Fitness".

Physical Fitness
Cardiorespiratory Fitness

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Physical Fitness" by people in this website by year, and whether "Physical Fitness" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 78 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2004 and 2005

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2000	0	1	1
2001	0	1	1
2003	2	0	2
2004	4	4	8
2005	3	5	8
2006	2	3	5
2007	1	0	1
2008	2	0	2
2009	1	3	4
2010	3	4	7
2011	1	3	4
2012	4	1	5
2013	4	1	5
2014	4	0	4
2016	2	0	2
2017	2	3	5
2018	1	1	2
2019	2	3	5
2020	0	2	2
2022	1	1	2
2023	1	2	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Physical Fitness" by people in Profiles.

Poon ET, Tomkinson GR, Lang JJ, Huang WY, Wong SH. Temporal trends in the physical fitness of Hong Kong children aged 6-12 years between 2003-04 and 2015-16. J Sports Sci. 2023 Sep; 41(13):1271-1278.

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Johnson JL, Coleman A, Kwarteng JL, Holmes AU, Kermah D, Bruce MA, Beech BM. The Association between Adult Sport, Fitness, and Recreational Physical Activity and Number and Age of Children Present in the Household: A Secondary Analysis Using NHANES. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 05 24; 20(11).

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Silvestri F, Campanella M, Bertollo M, Albuquerque MR, Bonavolont? V, Perroni F, Baldari C, Guidetti L, Curzi D. Acute Effects of Fitlight Training on Cognitive-Motor Processes in Young Basketball Players. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 01 01; 20(1).

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Greco F, Grazioli E, Cosco LF, Parisi A, Bertollo M, Emerenziani GP. The effects of music on cardiorespiratory endurance and muscular fitness in recreationally active individuals: a narrative review. PeerJ. 2022; 10:e13332.

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Poon ET, Tomkinson GR, Huang WY, Wong SH. Temporal Trends in the Physical Fitness of Hong Kong Adolescents Between 1998 and 2015. Int J Sports Med. 2023 Sep; 44(10):728-735.

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Lai L, Cai L, Tan W, Zeng X, Sun F, Huang WY, Wong SHS, Chen Y. Adiposity Mediates the Association of Objectively Measured Physical Activity with Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Children. Child Obes. 2020 12; 16(8):554-563.

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Kabiri LS, Butcher A, Brewer W, Ortiz A. Youth physical health and years in American homeschools: are they related? Health Promot Int. 2020 Jun 01; 35(3):512-517.

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Amador M, Meza CA, McAinch AJ, King GA, Covington JD, Bajpeyi S. Exercise-Induced Improvements in Insulin Sensitivity Are Not Attenuated by a Family History of Type 2 Diabetes. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2020; 11:120.

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H?bel C, Gaspar HA, Coleman JRI, Hanscombe KB, Purves K, Prokopenko I, Graff M, Ngwa JS, Workalemahu T, O'Reilly PF, Bulik CM, Breen G. Genetic correlations of psychiatric traits with body composition and glycemic traits are sex- and age-dependent. Nat Commun. 2019 12 18; 10(1):5765.

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Zhou Z, Li S, Yin J, Fu Q, Ren H, Jin T, Zhu J, Howard J, Lan T, Yin Z. Impact on Physical Fitness of the Chinese CHAMPS: A Clustered Randomized Controlled Trial. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 11 11; 16(22).

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