Establishing Normative Reference Values for Handgrip Among Hungarian Youth

Saint‐Maurice, Pedro F.; Laurson, Kelly R.; Karsai, István; Kaj, Mónika; Csányi, Tamás

doi:10.1080/02701367.2015.1042354

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“…The results of our study suggest that high jump and long jump performances progress to a similar degree to jumping abilities measured with typical field tests like counter movement jumps and/or standing long jumps. In fact, the percentage improvements in high jump and long jump performances are similar to the improvements in the jumping abilities assessed with field tests in various populations from the ages of 13 to 16 [ 18 , 28 , 33 , 34 ] clearly suggesting the strong influence of growth and maturation in this age range. However, technical development and coaching high and long jump should take place in a structured manner during the growth and maturation development.…”

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Career Performance Trajectories in Track and Field Jumping Events from Youth to Senior Success: The Importance of Learning and Development

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IntroductionThe idea that early sport success can be detrimental for long-term sport performance is still under debate. Therefore, the aims of this study were to examine the career trajectories of Italian high and long jumpers to provide a better understanding of performance development in jumping events.MethodsThe official long-jump and high-jump rankings of the Italian Track and Field Federation were collected from the age of 12 to career termination, for both genders from the year 1994 to 2014. Top-level athletes were identified as those with a percentile of their personal best performance between 97 and 100.ResultsThe age of entering competitions of top-level athletes was not different than the rest of the athletic population, whereas top-level athletes performed their personal best later than the rest of the athletes. Top-level athletes showed an overall higher rate of improvement in performance from the age of 13 to the age of 18 years when compared to all other individuals. Only 10–25% of the top-level adult athletes were top-level at the age of 16. Around 60% of the top-level young at the age of 16 did not maintain the same level of performance in adulthood. Female high-jump represented an exception from this trend since in this group most top-level young become top-level adult athletes.ConclusionsThese findings suggest that performance before the age of 16 is not a good predictor of adult performance in long and high jump. The annual rate of improvements from 13 to 18 years should be included as a predictor of success rather than performance per se. Coaches should be careful about predicting future success based on performances obtained during youth in jumping events.

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“…Fitness reference values in children and adolescents have been reported in many countries in Europe, the Americas, Oceania, and Asia. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Recently, Tomkinson established European normative values for several physical fitness components in youth aged 9-17 years. 21 However, data on physical fitness levels in France are scarce, and only one study addressing the reference data for a French sample has been reported, and that study was restricted to adolescents.…”

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Normative health‐related fitness values for French children: The Diagnoform Programme

Vanhelst

Ternynck

Ovigneur³

et al. 2019

Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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The primary objective of this study was to establish sex‐ and age‐specific physical fitness percentiles for French children. The secondary aim was to assess sex, weight status, and age differences for physical fitness levels in French children. A sample of 31 484 children (16 023 boys, 15 461 girls) aged 6‐11 years participated in the Diagnoform programme. Cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular endurance, speed, flexibility, and agility were assessed in this national programme. Percentile values were estimated as a function of age stratified by sex using a parametric method providing smooth centile curves and explicit formulae for the centile estimates. Values from the 10th to the 90th percentile are reported. The influence of body weight according to sex on the physical fitness level was also examined using an analysis of covariance adjusted for age. Physical fitness levels were slightly better in boys, except for agility and flexibility, in which girls performed better (Cohen's coefficient, 0.20‐0.45; P < .001). All physical fitness tests were significantly associated with age (P < .0001). In general, overweight and obese children had a significantly poorer physical fitness level compared with their normal‐weight counterparts (P < .05). No difference was found between thin and normal‐weight boys and girls, except for agility (P < .05). Reference values provide normative data for French children, and these data should be useful for identifying special needs for appropriate intervention programmes.

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“…Hand grip strength (HGS) is used as a means to predict health throughout an individual’s lifetime [ 1 , 2 ]. It is one of the field tests used the most to measure maximum isometric strength of the grip strength of both of the hands [ 3 ]. HGS is an important indicator that helps identify the level of development and degree of disability.…”

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“…As a result, a growing number of research studies are appearing in the literature that propose using normative data to evaluate HGS during different stages of life and diverse regions of the world [ 3 , 8 – 12 ]. In general, standards are developed based on chronological age.…”

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

Gómez-Campos

Andruske²,

Arruda

et al. 2018

PLoS ONE

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BackgroundHand 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 for children and adolescents from Chile.MethodsWe studied 4604 school children of both sexes between the ages of 6.0 and 17.9 years of age. Weight, standing height, sitting height, and hand grip strength (HGS- right and left) were measured. The Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated, and the biological age was calculated by using age at peak height velocity (APHV).ResultsWhen arranged by chronological age, no significant differences occurred in HGS between both sexes of school children from age 6 to 12 years of age. However, from ages 13 to 17, males showed greater HGS than females. Significant differences also emerged between both sexes and at all levels for biological age (APHV). For males, chronological age explained the HGS occurring between 0.74 to 0.75% and for females between 0.54 to 0.59%. For males, biological age explained the HGS for the range of 0.79 to 0.80% and 0.62 to 0.67% for females. The normative data for HGS for both sexes is expressed in percentiles.ConclusionsHGS during childhood and adolescence needs be analyzed and interpreted in terms of biological age rather than chronological age. The normative data to evaluate the HGS are a tool that can help professionals working in clinical and epidemiological contexts.

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Establishing Normative Reference Values for Handgrip Among Hungarian Youth

Abstract: Muscle strength as determined by handgrip has distinct age-related patterns in boys and girls. We have accounted for biological age differences and developed norm-referenced values that can be used to interpret handgrip assessment scores obtained from school-aged children in Hungary.

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Career Performance Trajectories in Track and Field Jumping Events from Youth to Senior Success: The Importance of Learning and Development

Career Performance Trajectories in Track and Field Jumping Events from Youth to Senior Success: The Importance of Learning and Development

Normative health‐related fitness values for French children: The Diagnoform Programme

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

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