Handgrip strength as a predictor of physical fitness in children and adolescents
The objective of this study was to examine the association between hangrip strength and physical fitness in children and adolescents at different stages of sexual maturation. We measured body composition and handgrip strength in 233 children and adolescents (10 - 17 years-old), who varied in terms o...
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| author | Victor Keihan Rodrigues Matsudo Sandra Mahecha Matsudo Leandro Fornias Machado de Rezende Vagner Raso |
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| description | The objective of this study was to examine the association between hangrip strength and physical fitness in children and adolescents at different stages of sexual maturation. We measured body composition and handgrip strength in 233 children and adolescents (10 - 17 years-old), who varied in terms of pubertal status. The subjects also performed the vertical jump test, standing long jump and sit-ups, as well as tests of flexibility, agility and speed. The level of energy expenditure was assessed with the international physical activity questionnaire. Handgrip strength differed by pubertal status, regardless of gender, whereas other parameters of physical fitness differed by gender and in the sample as a whole. Handgrip strength was consistently and independently associated with all other physical fitness variables, regardless of gender; some of those were mediated by energy expenditure (i.e., speed in seconds and in meters per second for the sample as a whole). The strength of the association between handgrip strength and physical fitness ranged from 20% (vertical jump test: R2=.20; P=.001) to 47% (speed in meters per second: R2=.47; P=.001). Our results support the idea that handgrip strength is consistently associated with several distinct parameters of physical fitness, regardless of age, gender or sexual maturation, suggesting that handgrip strength could be a highly accurate, independent predictor of physical fitness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2946aeac992f40769c412ba3f2bff9f02022-12-21T19:07:27ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaRevista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano1415-84261980-00372014-12-0117111010.5007/1980-0037.2015v17n1p123009Handgrip strength as a predictor of physical fitness in children and adolescentsVictor Keihan Rodrigues Matsudo0Sandra Mahecha Matsudo1Leandro Fornias Machado de Rezende2Vagner Raso3Centro de Estudos do Laboratório de Aptidão Física de São Caetano do Sul.Centro de Estudos do Laboratório de Aptidão Física de São Caetano do Sul.Universidade de São Paulo. Centro de Estudos do Laboratório de Aptidão Física de São Caetano do Sul.Universidade Anhanguera de São Paulo. Universidade do Oeste Paulista.The objective of this study was to examine the association between hangrip strength and physical fitness in children and adolescents at different stages of sexual maturation. We measured body composition and handgrip strength in 233 children and adolescents (10 - 17 years-old), who varied in terms of pubertal status. The subjects also performed the vertical jump test, standing long jump and sit-ups, as well as tests of flexibility, agility and speed. The level of energy expenditure was assessed with the international physical activity questionnaire. Handgrip strength differed by pubertal status, regardless of gender, whereas other parameters of physical fitness differed by gender and in the sample as a whole. Handgrip strength was consistently and independently associated with all other physical fitness variables, regardless of gender; some of those were mediated by energy expenditure (i.e., speed in seconds and in meters per second for the sample as a whole). The strength of the association between handgrip strength and physical fitness ranged from 20% (vertical jump test: R2=.20; P=.001) to 47% (speed in meters per second: R2=.47; P=.001). Our results support the idea that handgrip strength is consistently associated with several distinct parameters of physical fitness, regardless of age, gender or sexual maturation, suggesting that handgrip strength could be a highly accurate, independent predictor of physical fitness.https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/rbcdh/article/view/32437energy expenditurehandgrip strengthmaturationphysical fitnesspubertal status |
| spellingShingle | Victor Keihan Rodrigues Matsudo Sandra Mahecha Matsudo Leandro Fornias Machado de Rezende Vagner Raso Handgrip strength as a predictor of physical fitness in children and adolescents Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano energy expenditure handgrip strength maturation physical fitness pubertal status |
| title | Handgrip strength as a predictor of physical fitness in children and adolescents |
| title_full | Handgrip strength as a predictor of physical fitness in children and adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Handgrip strength as a predictor of physical fitness in children and adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Handgrip strength as a predictor of physical fitness in children and adolescents |
| title_short | Handgrip strength as a predictor of physical fitness in children and adolescents |
| title_sort | handgrip strength as a predictor of physical fitness in children and adolescents |
| topic | energy expenditure handgrip strength maturation physical fitness pubertal status |
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