Anthropometric parameters as predictors for iliopsoas muscle strength in healthy girls and in girls with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
Coll Antropol
; 32(2): 461-6, 2008 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-18756896
ABSTRACT
In this study iliopsoas muscle strength was measured by portable dynamometer and it was explored to what extent independent predictors (age, body weight, body height and body mass index) affect iliopsoas strength in healthy subjects and in subjects with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. The study population was consisted of 183 girls (90 healthy girls and 93 girls with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis). Student t test analysis showed no differences in maximal voluntary isometric contraction between healthy girls and girls with scoliosis. Independent variables predicted significantly iliopsoas strength in healthy group (r=0.96, p<0.01) and in scoliosis group (r=0.94, p<0.001). Separate analysis with respect to types of scoliosis demonstrated that independent variables significantly predict iliopsoas strength in right thoracic (r=0.97, p<0.01), left thoracic (r=0.98, p=0.004), right thoracic lumbar (r=0.97, p<0.01) and left lumbar (r=0.96, p<0.01) scoliosis subgroups. In healthy girls iliopsoas strength was mostly predicted by body weight, followed by body height and body mass index. In girls with scoliosis body weigth was the strongest predictor of iliopsoas strength and was followed by curvature angle degree.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Escoliose
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Índice de Massa Corporal
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Músculos Psoas
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Tamanho Corporal
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Força Muscular
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article