Muscle strength assessment among children and adolescents with growing pains and joint hypermobility

OBJECTIVE: To compare the muscle strength of children and adolescents with growing pains, with and without joint hypermobility, to healthy controls by means of quantitative tests. METHOD: Forty-seven children and adolescents were monitored because of growing pains: 24 with joint hypermobility (GP-JH...

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Published in:Revista brasileira de fisioterapia (São Carlos (São Paulo, Brazil)) Brazil)), 2009-04, Vol.13 (2), p.110-115
Main Authors: Marcolin, ALV, Cardin, SP, Magalhães, CS
Format: Article
Language:English
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ORTHOPEDICS
REHABILITATION
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Summary:OBJECTIVE: To compare the muscle strength of children and adolescents with growing pains, with and without joint hypermobility, to healthy controls by means of quantitative tests. METHOD: Forty-seven children and adolescents were monitored because of growing pains: 24 with joint hypermobility (GP-JH group) and 23 without joint hypermobility (GP group). These cases, along with 47 healthy controls matched for age and gender, underwent two quantitative tests for muscle strength evaluation: the Childhood Myositis Assessment Scale (CMAS) and the Manual Muscle Strength Test (MMT). Anthropometric data such as height, weight, body mass index, triceps skinfold, mean arm circumference and arm muscle area were compared between the three groups. RESULTS: The three groups did not present any statistical differences in anthropometric measurements. There were significant differences in median CMAS scores, which were lower in the GP (47; range 39-52) and GP-JH (46; range 40-51) groups than the control group (50; range 45-52; p
ISSN:1413-3555
1809-9246
DOI:10.1590/S1413-35552009005000006