Normative data for handgrip strength in children and adolescents in the Maule Region, Chile: Evaluation based on chronological and biological age.

Normative data for handgrip strength in children and adolescents in the Maule Region, Chile: Evaluation based on chronological and biological age.

BACKGROUND:Hand grip strength (HGS) is associated with a number of causes resulting in cardiovascular death, in addition to bone fragility, and the presence of sarcopenia. The goal of our study was to analyze HGS of students based on chronological and biological age and propose normative standards f...

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Main Authors: Rossana Gómez-Campos, Cynthia Lee Andruske, Miguel de Arruda, Jose Sulla-Torres, Jaime Pacheco-Carrillo, Camilo Urra-Albornoz, Marco Cossio-Bolaños
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6084899?pdf=render

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