Open AccessFactors Associated with Persistently High Muscular Power from Childhood to Adulthood
Author(s) -
Brooklyn J. Fraser,
Leigh Blizzard,
Verity Cleland,
Michael D. Schmidt,
Kylie J. Smith,
Seana Gall,
Terence Dwyer,
Alison Venn,
Costan G. Magnussen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0000000000002108
Subject(s) - cardiorespiratory fitness , medicine , anthropometry , young adult , demography , physiology , sociology
Child and adult muscular power have been shown to associate with contemporary cardiometabolic health. Muscular power typically persists (tracks) between childhood and adulthood. Few studies span childhood to adulthood, so we aimed to identify modifiable and environmental factors associated with the persistence or change in muscular power across the life course.