ArticleBMC pediatrics2018
Hand grip strength and maximum peak expiratory flow: determinants of bone mineral density of adolescent students.
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- Handgrip strength assessment at baseline in addition to bone parameters could potentially predict the risk of curve progression in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- A bi-directional Mendelian randomization study of the sarcopenia-related traits and osteoporosis.Aging · 2022Article
- Causal associations of hand grip strength with bone mineral density and fracture risk: A mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
- Relationship between muscular fitness and bone health in young baseball players.European journal of translational myology · 2021Article
- Maximum Expiratory Flow of Children and Adolescents Living at Moderate Altitudes: Proposed Reference Values.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Handgrip Strength and Vitamin D as Predictors of Liver Fibrosis and Malnutrition in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients.Disease markers · 2021Article
- Muscular Fitness Mediates the Association between 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Areal Bone Mineral Density in Children with Overweight/Obesity.Nutrients · 2019Article
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backgroundMaintaining and building healthy bones during the lifetime requires a complicated interaction between a number of physiological and lifestyle factors. Our goal of this study was to analyze the association between hand grip strength and the maximum peak expiratory flow with bone mineral density and content in adolescent students.
methodsThe research team studied 1427 adolescent students of both sexes (750 males and 677 females) between the ages of 11.0 and 18.9 years in the Maule Region of Talca (Chile). Weight, standing height, sitting height, hand grip strength (HGS), and maximum peak expiratory flow (PEF) were measured. Furthermore, bone mineral density (BMD) and total body bone mineral content (BMC) were determined by using the Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA). Hand grip strength and PEF were categorized in tertiles (lowest, middle, and highest). Linear regression was performed in steps to analyze the relationship between the variables. Differences between categories were determined through ANOVA.
resultsIn males, the hand grip strength explained 18-19% of the BMD and 20-23% of the BMC. For the females, the percentage of variation occurred between 12 and 13% of the BMD and 17-18% of the BMC. The variation of PEF for the males was observed as 33% of the BMD and 36% of the BMC. For the females, both the BMD and BMC showed a variation of 19%. The HGS and PEF were divided into three categories (lowest, middle, and highest). In both cases, significant differences occurred in bone density health between the three categories.
conclusionsIn conclusion, the HGS and the PEF related positively to the bone density health of both sexes of adolescent students. The adolescents with poor values for hand grip strength and expiratory flow showed reduced values of BMD and BMC for the total body. Furthermore, the PEF had a greater influence on bone density health with respect to the HGS of the adolescents of both sexes.
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