Open AccessPhysical Fitness and Bone Health in Young Athletes and Nonathletes
Author(s) -
Duarte HenriquesNeto,
João P. Magalhães,
Megan HetheringtonRauth,
Diana A. Santos,
Fátima Baptista,
Luís B. Sardinha
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
sports health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.212
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1941-7381
pISSN - 1941-0921
DOI - 10.1177/1941738120931755
Subject(s) - cardiorespiratory fitness , medicine , athletes , physical fitness , vertical jump , multi stage fitness test , physical therapy , jump , physics , quantum mechanics
Physical activity (PA) and physical fitness (PF) are crucial for bone health. However, children participating in competitive sports with high PA are at a greater risk of fracture from trauma or overuse. Given the importance of bone development during adolescence, associations between commonly used physical fitness tests with distal third radius (R-SoS) and midshaft tibia (T-SoS) speed of sound by quantitative ultrasound were assessed in adolescent athletes and nonathletes.