Trial reportPloS one2021
Lean mass and biological maturation as predictors of muscle power and strength performance in young athletes.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
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- The Risk Factors Associated with Grip Lock Injuries in Artistic Gymnasts: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- A cross-sectional study underlying the sex-stratified associations between muscle strength and bone mineral density among children and adolescents.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
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- Does a Validated Circum-menarcheal Arm Bone-Loading Index Predict Post-menarcheal Muscle Function in Adolescent Females?Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2026Article
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- Insights into the personality of 193 German elite youth football players and potential implications for the development of motor performance and injury risk.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Associations Between Bone Age, Body Composition and Physical Performance in Icelandic 12-Year-Old Female Soccer Players.European journal of sport science · 2025Article
- Is Maturational Growth More Influential than Training Engagement in Longitudinal Adolescent Physical Performance Development?European journal of sport science · 2025Article
- Skeletal Maturity in Adolescence: Evaluating Bone Development and Age Metrics.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Multifactorial Patterns of Low Performance Development in German Elite Athletes.Translational sports medicine · 2025Article
- The effect of repeated sprints on immunological modulation and the role of fat-free mass, biological maturation and dietary inflammatory index in male athletes: a quasi-experimental study with insights for training loads control.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Association between changes in lean mass, muscle strength, endurance, and power following resistance or concurrent training with differing high protein diets in resistance-trained young males.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Relationships between bone age, physical performance, and motor coordination among adolescent male and female athletes.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Are there differences in anaerobic relative muscle power between upper and lower limbs in adolescent swimmers: A blinded study.Sports medicine and health science · 2023Article
- Targeting Sarcopenia as an Objective Clinical Outcome in the Care of Children with Spinal Cord-Related Paralysis: A Clinician's View.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Mandatory after-school use of step tracker apps improves physical activity, body composition and fitness of adolescents.Education and information technologies · 2023Article
- Exploring the Relationship between Biological Maturation Level, Muscle Strength, and Muscle Power in Adolescents.Biology · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of Pilates Training on Body Composition and Isokinetic Muscular Strength in Adolescent Baseball Players.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Association between Phase Angle from Bioelectric Impedance and Muscular Strength and Power in Physically Active Adults.Biology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe biological maturation (BM) analyzed by peak height velocity (PHV) and bone age (BA), and lean body mass has been associated with the strength and muscle power of young athletes. However, the ability of BM (PHV and BA) and LM markers to predict muscle strength and power in young athletes remains uncertain.
objectiveThe Aim was determine the predicting power of BM markers (PHV and BA) and LM in relation to muscle power of upper and lower limbs and muscle strength of upper limbs in adolescent athletes at puberty.
methodsNinety-two adolescent athletes (both sexes; age 12.4 ± 1.02 years) were assessed for body composition by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Power of upper limbs (ULP), force handgrip (HG), vertical jump (VJ) and countermovement jump (CMJ) were recorded. BM was predicted by mathematical models to estimate PHV and BA. Multilayer artificial neural network analyses (MLP's) were used to determine the power of prediction of LM, PHV and BA on muscle power and strength of upper- and lower-limbs of the athletes.
resultsLM, BA and PHV were associated with HG (r>0.74, p<0.05) and ULS (r>0.60, p<0.05) in both sexes. In both sexes BA was associated with VJ (r>0.55, p<0.05) and CMJ (r>0.53, p<0.05). LM indicated associations (r>0.60, p<0.05) with BA and with PHV (r<0.83, p<0.05) in both sexes. MLP's analysis revealed that the LM provides > 72% of probability to predict the muscle power of upper- and lower-limbs, and the strength of the upper limbs; whereas PHV provides > 43% and bone age >64% in both female and male adolescent athletes.
conclusionWe identified that, like PHV and BA, LM is a strong predictor of low cost of both upper limbs muscle strength and upper and lower limbs power in adolescent athletes.
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