Table 5. Comparison on 20mSRT (speed at the last completed stage, km.h-1) performance between Chinese children and youth and international standard.
China International[1] t P
Age(yr) N Mean SD N Mean SD
Boy 9 3876 9.68 0.64 101532 10.03 0.85 -25.45 <0.01
10 4160 9.80 0.67 81538 10.13 0.92 -23.08 <0.01
11 4149 9.97 0.69 79660 10.25 1.00 -17.89 <0.01
12 3868 10.24 0.81 70266 10.47 1.11 -12.45 <0.01
13 3815 10.60 0.92 72913 10.73 1.21 -6.71 <0.01
14 3826 10.83 0.96 65317 10.97 1.28 -6.51 <0.01
15 4200 11.00 1.00 53287 11.12 1.33 -5.74 <0.01
16 4273 11.02 1.03 35490 11.27 1.37 -11.48 <0.01
17 3632 11.10 1.03 29123 11.41 1.42 -12.88 <0.01
Total 35799 589126
Girls 9 3753 9.60 0.60 98166 9.71 0.70 -9.33 <0.01
10 3704 9.70 0.59 81415 9.75 0.77 -3.57 <0.01
11 3640 9.85 0.60 78029 9.79 0.83 4.32 <0.01
12 3553 10.00 0.65 69497 9.83 0.88 11.51 <0.01
13 3451 10.23 0.76 92491 9.86 0.91 23.40 <0.01
14 3601 10.25 0.75 55035 9.89 0.93 22.52 <0.01
15 4075 10.25 0.73 43730 9.91 0.94 22.43 <0.01
16 4386 10.17 0.66 34978 9.93 0.95 16.40 <0.01
17 3998 10.21 0.68 29559 9.96 0.97 16.04 <0.01
Total 34161 552900
The ages shown represent age at last birthday (e.g. 17=17.00–17.99). [1]Tomkinson GR, Lang JJ, Tremblay MS, et al. International normative 20 m shuttle run values from 1,142,026 children and youth representing 50 countries. British Journal of Sports Medicine 51, 1545-1554