Brockport physical fitness test manual : a health-related by Joseph Winnick, Francis Short

Score Adapted Fitness Zone (if applicable) Healthy Fitness Zone 25 6 16 22–32 08–14 14–23 ≥33 ≥15 ≥24 8 None 8 8 None 8 9 None 9–12 Interpretation: Meets Healthy Fitness Zones (HFZs) for aerobic behavior, flexibility, and body composition; below HFZ for dominant grip and modified curl-up; meets adapted fitness zones (AFZs) for dominant grip and modified curl-up; below AFZ standard for flexed-arm hang. Needs: Priorities—Development of upper-body strength/endurance and abdominal strength/endurance.

The AFZs reflect levels of strength or endurance adjusted for intellectual disability. Specific standards for youngsters with intellectual disability represent the following percentages of the performances of students in the general population: dominant grip strength, 65 percent; extended-arm hang, 75 percent; isometric push-up, bench press, flexed-arm hang, and modified curl-up, 50 percent. Youngsters with intellectual disability can also be evaluated using general standards. For dominant grip, extended-arm hang, isometric push-up, and bench press, the general standards represent approximately the 20th percentile of performance by a Project Target sample of youth from the general population.

Additional concerns include inability to sustain aerobic activity; lack of flexibility or range of motion in the hips and upper body, particularly the shoulder; lack of strength and endurance to lift and transfer the body independently, lift the body to prevent decubitus ulcers, and propel a wheelchair; and excessive body fat, which inhibits health. Desired Profile Individuals with spinal cord injury should possess, at minimum, the ability to sustain moderate physical activity, body composition consistent with positive health, levels of flexibility and range of motion to perform activities of daily living and to inhibit contractures, levels of muscular strength and endurance for wheelchair users to lift and transfer the body and push a wheelchair, muscular strength and endurance to counteract muscular weaknesses, and fitness levels needed to enhance the performance of daily living activities (including sport activities).