The participants also completed tests of physical and mental skills.
During the 1930s, international matches in Europe were often seen as national tests of physical and military capability.
For Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, the organizers of a No-Conscription League, the meetings to encourage conscientious objection were tests of physical courage.
Although women flutter on the margins, these movies are exclusively concerned with male bonding, mentoring, teamwork and initiations that involve grueling tests of physical endurance.
In the end, the morning exercisers generally did better on tests of physical performance early in the day, while the evening exercisers did better when tested later.
Industrial competitiveness demands reduction in design cycle time, which in turn relies heavily on numerical simulations to reduce the number of tests of physical prototypes.
Subjects received a structured history and physical examination, lumbosacral spine X-rays, and standardized tests of physical function.
Thus, it is not surprising that children with DCD do not perform well on tests of physical fitness.
A self-efficacy for training questionnaire, a motivational climate questionnaire, and tests of physical fitness were administered.
The researchers had expected that the volunteers with the sturdiest cores would outshine the others on the tests of physical performance.
This goes well beyond obvious tests of physical prowess that already exist, like the New York City Marathon, the occasional swim around Manhattan and the compulsion to race up 86 flights in the Fleet Empire State Building Run-Up.
