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Handgrip strength is associated with improved spirometry in adolescents.
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- Gender Difference in the Relationship between Extrapulmonary Factors and Reduced Lung Function in Early Adulthood.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Handgrip strength associates with effort-dependent lung function measures among adolescents with and without asthma.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- Isometric Handgrip Exercise Training Improves Spirometric Parameters and Pulmonary Capacity.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2021Article
- Better pulmonary function is associated with greater handgrip strength in a healthy Chinese Han population.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2020Article
- Comparison of physical properties of voluntary coughing, huffing and swallowing in healthy subjects.PloS one · 2020Article
- Moderate-to-Severe Depression Adversely Affects Lung Function in Chinese College Students.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Prediction of lung function using handgrip strength in healthy young adults.Physiological reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
introductionPulmonary rehabilitation, including aerobic exercise and strength training, improves function, such as spirometric indices, in lung disease. However, we found spirometry did not correlate with physical activity (PA) in healthy adolescents (Smith ERJ: 42(4), 2016). To address whether muscle strength did, we measured these adolescents' handgrip strength and correlated it with spirometry.
methodsIn 1846 non-smoking, non-asthmatic Germans (age 15.2 years, 47% male), we modeled spirometric indices as functions of handgrip strength by linear regression in each sex, corrected for factors including age, height, and lean body mass.
resultsHandgrip averaged 35.4 (SD 7.3) kg in boys, 26.6 (4.2) in girls. Spirometric volumes and flows increased linearly with handgrip. In boys each kg handgrip was associated with about 28 mL greater FEV1 and FVC; 60 mL/sec faster PEF; and 38 mL/sec faster FEF2575. Effects were 10-30% smaller in girls (all p<0.0001) and stable when Z-scores for spirometry and grip were modeled, after further correction for environment and/or other exposures, and consistent across stages of puberty.
conclusionsGrip strength was associated with spirometry in a cohort of healthy adolescents whose PA was not. Thus, research into PA's relationship with lung function should consider strength as well as total PA. Strength training may benefit healthy lungs; interventions are needed to prove causality.
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