SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Relationship between Biological Maturation, Physical Fitness, and Kinanthropometric Variables of Young Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06534567 (Association of Body Composition, Growth, and Maturation Status With Physical Activity and Adherence With Mediterranean Diet in Youth Triathletes), which is not on this map. Cited by 50 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Association of Body Composition, Growth, and Maturation Status With Physical Activity and Adherence With Mediterranean Diet in Youth Triathletes
Who cites it
50 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 92 citations in OpenAlex.
- Key Factors Impacting Performance Health During Growth and Maturation in Adolescent Competitive Aesthetic and Acrobatic Athletes: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Comparative effects of exercise-based interventions on jump, linear sprint, and change-of-direction performance in female adolescent team-sport athletes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- The Risk Factors Associated with Grip Lock Injuries in Artistic Gymnasts: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Greek Yogurt Compared with Whey Protein Supplementation in Adolescent Athletes Throughout a Competitive Season.The Journal of nutrition · 2026Trial
- Physical Activity, Body Composition, and Fitness Variables in Adolescents After Periods of Mandatory, Promoted or Nonmandatory, Nonpromoted Use of Step Tracker Mobile Apps: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Trial
- A mobile app-based intervention improves anthropometry, body composition and fitness, regardless of previous active-inactive status: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2024Trial
- Eight weeks of high-intensity interval vs. sprint interval training effects on overweight and obese adolescents carried out during the cool-down period of physical education classes: randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2024Trial
- Position-specific lower extremity performance and machine learning-based injury-risk screening classification in adult male basketball players: a random forest and SHAP approach.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Discriminatory Capacity of Anthropometric Indicators and Physical Fitness Tests for Identifying Waist-to-Height Ratio-Defined Cardiometabolic Risk in Adolescents According to Sex and Biological Maturity.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Physical and Developmental Characteristics of Elite Under-19 Female Cricketers: Positional Differences, Relative Age Effects, and Maturity.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Pre-Season Changes in Physical Performance and Early Competitive Squad Inclusion in Under-15 Male Soccer Players.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Integrating Biological Maturity into Fitness Assessment and Physical Activity Interventions in Children and Adolescents: A Narrative Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Physical and Performance Profiles Differentiate Competitive Levels in U-18 Basketball Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Multidimensional performance characteristics of youth academy and club soccer players.PloS one · 2026Article
- Beyond chronological age: maturity offset is positively associated with performance in throwing-related tests in youth track and field throwing athletes.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- School-based predictive contributors to six-minute walk test performance across pubertal stages: an explainable machine learning study in Tunisian adolescents.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Five-year monitoring trends in physical performance among junior tennis players.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
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- Mechanical Characteristics and Skating Performance of Trained Youth Ice Hockey Players at Different Maturation Stages.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Relative Age Effect in Olympic Karate: Evidence from Tokyo 2020.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
There is a growing interest in knowing the relationship between biological maturation and sport performance-related variables of young athletes. The objective of this study is to analyze the relationship between biological maturation, physical fitness, and kinanthropometric variables of athletes during their growing period, according to their sex. The systematic review and meta-analysis followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) statement and the search protocol was registered in PROSPERO, code: CRD42020208397. A search through the PubMed, Web of Sciences, and EBSCO databases was performed. A total of 423 studies were screened and 13 were included in the meta-analysis. The meta-analysis was completed by using the mean and standard deviation of each variable according to each maturation status (early, on time, or late). Differences depending on maturation were found on physical fitness, with better results in the advanced maturational groups in the male population (standard mean difference (SMD) = 0.17-2.31;
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