Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41722489›Full record

ArticleBrazilian journal of physical therapy

Reduced handgrip and inspiratory muscle strength are associated with lower lung function and physical capacity in children and adolescents born preterm with very low birth weight.

Rafael Oliveira Fernandes, Simone Lanius Dos Reis, Laura Silveira de Moura, Marina Abs da Cruz Rodrigues, Victoria Baptista Dos Santos, Almiro Sagás Evaristo, Valentina Coutinho Baldoto Gava Chakr, Renato Soibelmann Procianoy, Paula Maria Eidt Rovedder, Rita C Silveira

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Brazilian journal of physical therapy. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Rafael Oliveira FernandesPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente (PPGSCA), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Electronic address: rolfernandes@hcpa.edu.br.
Simone Lanius Dos ReisPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente (PPGSCA), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Laura Silveira de MouraPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente (PPGSCA), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Marina Abs da Cruz RodriguesPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente (PPGSCA), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Victoria Baptista Dos SantosPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente (PPGSCA), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Almiro Sagás EvaristoPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente (PPGSCA), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Valentina Coutinho Baldoto Gava ChakrServiço de Pediatria do HCPA, Pneumologia Pediátrica, Faculdade de Medicina, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Renato Soibelmann ProcianoyPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente (PPGSCA), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Serviço de Neonatologia do HCPA, Faculdade de Medicina, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Paula Maria Eidt RovedderCurso de Fisioterapia da Escola de Educação Física, Fisioterapia e Dança (ESEFID), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Pneumológicas, HCPA, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Rita C SilveiraPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente (PPGSCA), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Serviço de Neonatologia do HCPA, Faculdade de Medicina, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIndividuals born preterm exhibit reduced physical capacity and muscle strength, along with cardiometabolic alterations, increasing the risk of early-onset chronic diseases. Data on muscle function and physical capacity in young individuals born preterm, especially those born in low- and middle-income countries, remain limited.

objectiveTo compare handgrip and inspiratory muscle strength, lung function, and physical capacity in children and adolescents born preterm with very low birth weight (VLBW) to their term-born peers.

methodsThis cross-sectional study recruited 69 individuals born preterm with VLBW (<1500 g) and 59 peers born at term aged between 8 and 13 years. Assessments included bioelectrical impedance analysis for fat-free mass (FFM), inspiratory muscle strength (IPmax), handgrip strength, spirometry and six-minute walk test.

resultsPreterm group showed significantly lower IPmax of 12.8 cmHO [95% confidence interval(CI): 4.0, 21.5] compared with the term-born group (-78.7 vs. -91.5 cmH

conclusionChildren and adolescents born preterm with VLBW had reduced strength, which was associated with lower lung function and physical capacity. These findings suggest that interventions targeting muscle function may be a potential strategy to improve respiratory health and overall physical capacity in this high-risk population.

Indexed as

Hand StrengthInfant, Very Low Birth WeightLungMuscle StrengthRespiratory MusclesAdolescentChildCross-Sectional StudiesHumansInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureRespiratory Function TestsMaximal inspiratory pressureMuscle strength dynamometerNeonatal prematuritySix-minute walk testSpirometryYoung child

Identifiers

PMID41722489
PMCPMC12945513

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.