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Validade do teste de aptidão física do exército brasileiro como instrumento para a determinação das valências necessárias ao militar

2005; Volume: 74; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

2447-8946

Eduardo de Almeida Magalhães Oliveira,

Sports Performance and Training

The present article undertakes, through the revision of scientific literature, a comparative analysis of the similarities and the differences between the Physical Fitness Test (TAF) used by the Brazilian Army and the tests used in nine foreign countries armies, to verify if it is compatible with the ones carried through forces from different countries. It searched still, also by review of the literature, to verify its capacity to supply precise data about the situation of the Brazilian military personnel physical fitness. The five tasks (12 minutes run, sit-ups, push-ups, pull-ups and obstacle course) are widely used in the studied countries and demonstrated to be a valid instrument to determine the necessary physical components to the soldiers, especially aerobic capacity, muscular strength and muscular endurance.