Everyday, we use our muscles to perform things from showering, walking, and gardening. Musculoskeletal fitness assessment helps trainers identify areas in need of improvement and how to design a program to improve it. High level of musculoskeletal fitness is associated with better quality of life and health status (Warburton et. al., 2001)
The CPAFLA protocol used to assess muscle strength is grip strength (in kilograms), which is the combined strength in each hand using a grip dynamometer measuring for maximum isometric (no change in movement) contraction. It is considered very reliable (Stark et. al., 2011).
To assess muscle endurance 2 tests are used: push-ups, and partial curl ups. Both of the tests will aim for maximum repetitions. For the push-ups, females will be performing modified push-ups with knees on the floor, while males individual will perform them with knees off the floor at the maximum of 25 repetitions, which is an excellent score.
Muscle power will be assessed using vertical jump height in centimeters. The vertical jump height itself is not reliable for measuring power because it doesn’t account for how much body weight is being pushed up, so it will also be used with body weight to calculate peak leg power in watts.
Reference
Stark, T. Walker, B., Phillips, JK., Fejer, R. and Beck R. (2011) Hand-held dynamometry correlation with the gold standard isokinetic dynamometry: a systematic review. American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. (3):472-479
Warburton, D. Gledhill, N. and Quinney, A. (2001) Musculoskeletal fitness and health. Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology. 26(2):217-237