Kathleen Golle

Universität Potsdam · Department Sport- und Gesundheitswissenschaften

Background In a recent study, we examined Covid-19 pandemic effects on the physical fitness of German third-graders tested between 2016 and 2022. The present report includes new data from 2023 to examine whether there were post-pandemic rebounds in the negatively affected fitness components, and whether pandemic and potential rebound effects differ...

The dissociation of effects of age, time of assessment and cohort is a well-known challenge in developmental science. We examined effects of time of assessment in the school year on children’s physical fitness using data from 75,362 German third-graders from seven cohorts. Children were tested once either in the first or second school term of third...

Für die wissenschaftstheoretische Betrachtung und empirische Analyse der konditionellen Fähigkeiten wie Kraft und Ausdauer besteht ein breiter Konsens. Ein vertiefter Forschungsstand kann zu deren Training konstatiert werden. Dagegen ist die wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung zu koordinativen Fähigkeiten (KF) bis heute geprägt von Kontroversen, F...

Timing of initial school enrollment may vary considerably for various reasons such as early or delayed enrollment, skipped or repeated school classes. Accordingly, the age range within school grades includes older-(OTK) and younger-than-keyage (YTK) children. Hardly any information is available on the impact of timing of school enrollment on physic...

Children’s physical fitness development and related moderating effects of age and sex are well documented, especially boys’ and girls’ divergence during puberty. The situation might be different during prepuberty. As girls mature approximately two years earlier than boys, we tested a possible convergence of performance with five tests representing...

Timing of initial school enrollment may vary considerably for various reasons such as early or delayed enrollment, skipped or repeated school classes. Accordingly, the age range within school grades includes older-(OTK) and younger-than-keyage (YTK) children. Hardly any information is available on the impact of timing of school enrollment on physic...

Timing of school enrollment may vary considerably due to children who were enrolled early / delayed or skipped / repeated a school year. Accordingly, the age range within school grades includes older-than-keyage (OTK) and younger-than-keyage (YTK) children. Studies examining academic performance of OTK and YTK children versus keyage children report...

Children’s physical fitness development and related moderating effects of age and sex are well documented, especially boys’ and girls’ divergence during puberty. The situation might be different during prepuberty. As girls mature approximately two years earlier than boys, we tested a possible convergence of performance with five tests representing...

Im Vergleich zu den konditionellen Fähigkeiten Kraft und Ausdauer sowie der Schnelligkeit (konditionell-koordinativ) widmet man sich in Wissenschaft und Praxis deutlich seltener den Leistungs-/Fitnesskomponenten „Koordination“ und „Beweglichkeit“. Dabei gehen die Auffassungen darüber, was (a) Koordination/koordinative Fähigkeiten und Beweglichkeit...

Children’s physical fitness development and related moderating effects of age and sex are well documented, especially boys’ and girls’ divergence during puberty. The situation might be different during prepuberty. As girls mature approximately two years earlier than boys, we tested a possible convergence of performance with five tests representing...

Aim The purpose of this study was to examine physical fitness and psycho-cognitive performance and their associations in young and middle-aged workers with primarily physical versus mental work demands. Subjects and methods Healthy young and middle-aged workers (73 men, age = 33 ± 7 years; 75 women, age = 35 ± 9 years) were recruited from German s...

Für die wissenschaftstheoretische Betrachtung und empirische Analyse der konditionellen Fähigkeiten wie Kraft und Ausdauer besteht ein breiter Konsens. Ein vertiefter Forschungsstand kann zu deren Training konstatiert werden. Dagegen ist die wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung zu koordinativen Fähigkeiten (KF) bis heute geprägt von Kontroversen, F...

The authors discuss the relevance of targeted exercise programs in physical education from an exercise scientific point of view. First, they provide information on the importance of exercise for youth from a performance and health-related perspective. Thereafter, they present studies that clearly show the effectiveness of different training methods...

Background: Generating percentile values is helpful for the identification of children with specific fitness characteristics (i.e., low or high fitness level) to set appropriate fitness goals (i.e., fitness/health promotion and/or long-term youth athlete development). Thus, the aim of this longitudinal study was to assess physical fitness developm...

Generating percentile values is helpful for the identification of children with specific fitness characteristics (i.e., low or high fitness level) to set appropriate fitness goals (i.e., fitness/health promotion and/or long-term youth athlete development). Thus, the aim of this longitudinal study was to assess physical fitness development in health...

Physical fitness is an important marker of health that enables people to carry out activities of daily living with vigour and alertness but without undue fatigue and with sufficient reserve to enjoy active leisure pursuits and to meet unforeseen emergencies. Especially, due to scientific findings that the onset of civilization diseases (e.g., obesi...

Background Cross-sectional studies detected associations between physical fitness, living area, and sports participation in children. Yet, their scientific value is limited because the identification of cause-and-effect relationships is not possible. In a longitudinal approach, we examined the effects of living area and sports club participation on...