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Comparison of Postural Features and Muscle Strength between Children with Idiopathic Short Stature and Healthy Peers in Relation to Physical Exercise
Giuseppe MessinaValerio GiustinoDaniele ZanglaGiovanni CorselloRomilda PalmaMaria Cristina MaggioJessica BrusaAntonio PalmaMarianna BellafioreEwan Thomassubject
medicine.medical_specialtyGeography Planning and Developmentlcsh:TJ807-830lcsh:Renewable energy sourcesphysical activity030209 endocrinology & metabolismPhysical exercisebody postureManagement Monitoring Policy and LawGrowth hormone03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineQuality of lifeGH treatmentidiopathic short statureStatistical significancemedicine030212 general & internal medicinelcsh:Environmental scienceslcsh:GE1-350Settore M-EDF/02 - Metodi E Didattiche Delle Attivita' SportiveRenewable Energy Sustainability and the EnvironmentBody posturebusiness.industrylcsh:Environmental effects of industries and plantsMean agemedicine.diseaseSargent testIdiopathic short staturelcsh:TD194-195idiopathic short stature; physical activity; muscle strength; body posture; handgrip test; Sargent test; GH therapy; GH treatmentMuscle strengthPhysical therapymuscle strengthhandgrip testbusinesshuman activitiesGH therapySettore M-EDF/01 - Metodi E Didattiche Delle Attivita' Motoriedescription
Previous research has reported that children with idiopathic short stature (ISS) showed functional and cognitive impairments. The purpose of this study was to compare muscle strength and body posture between children with ISS treated with growth hormone (GH) and healthy peers (healthy children, HC), and to analyze whether these parameters were affected by physical exercise. Eighteen children for the ISS group (mean age: 10.96 ± 1.68 years) and 26 children for the HC group (mean age: 10.19 ± 1.06 years) were recruited for the study. All participants performed the following assessments: handgrip and Sargent test for the muscle strength evaluation; baropodometric and stabilometric test for the posturographic measures. Data were analyzed with analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) using height and weight as covariate. Groups were then stratified into active and inactive and independent t-tests were used to determine differences between variables. Significance level was set to p p p p < 0.05), this asymmetry was not present in both ISS and HC active groups. We assume that GH therapy integrated with physical exercise in young patients with ISS could be suggested to increase muscle strength and body posture improving their quality of life.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2020-05-01 |