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Greater Reduction in Abdominal Than in Upper Arms Subcutaneous Fat in 10- to 12-Year-Old Tennis Players: A Volumetric MRI Study

Background: Little is known about the impact of long term participation in sports and subcutaneous fat volume in children. This study aimed at determining whether tennis participation is associated with lower subcutaneous adipose tissue volume (SATv) in the abdominal and upper extremities in childre...

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Autores principales: Sanchis-Moysi, Joaquín, Serrano-Sánchez, José Antonio, González-Henríquez, Juan José, Calbet, José A. L., Dorado, Cecilia
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6710407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31482077
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2019.00345
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author Sanchis-Moysi, Joaquín
Serrano-Sánchez, José Antonio
González-Henríquez, Juan José
Calbet, José A. L.
Dorado, Cecilia
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Serrano-Sánchez, José Antonio
González-Henríquez, Juan José
Calbet, José A. L.
Dorado, Cecilia
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description Background: Little is known about the impact of long term participation in sports and subcutaneous fat volume in children. This study aimed at determining whether tennis participation is associated with lower subcutaneous adipose tissue volume (SATv) in the abdominal and upper extremities in children. Methods: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to determine the SATv stored in the abdominal region and upper arms in seven tennis players and seven inactive children matched by height and age (147 cm and 10.9 years). All participants were in Tanner stage 1 or 2. Results: Playing tennis was associated with 48% (P = 0.001) lower abdominal SATv and 17–18% (P > 0.05) lower upper arms SATv compared to controls. The ratio between abdominal/upper arms SATv was larger in the controls vs. tennis players (69% P = 0.001). The SATv was similar in the dominant and non-dominant arm within each group. Conclusion: Playing tennis during childhood is associated with reduced SATv in the abdominal region and a more favorable regional distribution of fat. Despite the large amount of contractile activity of the playing (dominant) arm, there was no indication of between-arms differences in SATv.
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spelling pubmed-67104072019-09-03 Greater Reduction in Abdominal Than in Upper Arms Subcutaneous Fat in 10- to 12-Year-Old Tennis Players: A Volumetric MRI Study Sanchis-Moysi, Joaquín Serrano-Sánchez, José Antonio González-Henríquez, Juan José Calbet, José A. L. Dorado, Cecilia Front Pediatr Pediatrics Background: Little is known about the impact of long term participation in sports and subcutaneous fat volume in children. This study aimed at determining whether tennis participation is associated with lower subcutaneous adipose tissue volume (SATv) in the abdominal and upper extremities in children. Methods: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to determine the SATv stored in the abdominal region and upper arms in seven tennis players and seven inactive children matched by height and age (147 cm and 10.9 years). All participants were in Tanner stage 1 or 2. Results: Playing tennis was associated with 48% (P = 0.001) lower abdominal SATv and 17–18% (P > 0.05) lower upper arms SATv compared to controls. The ratio between abdominal/upper arms SATv was larger in the controls vs. tennis players (69% P = 0.001). The SATv was similar in the dominant and non-dominant arm within each group. Conclusion: Playing tennis during childhood is associated with reduced SATv in the abdominal region and a more favorable regional distribution of fat. Despite the large amount of contractile activity of the playing (dominant) arm, there was no indication of between-arms differences in SATv. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6710407/ /pubmed/31482077 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2019.00345 Text en Copyright © 2019 Sanchis-Moysi, Serrano-Sánchez, González-Henríquez, Calbet and Dorado. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Pediatrics
Sanchis-Moysi, Joaquín
Serrano-Sánchez, José Antonio
González-Henríquez, Juan José
Calbet, José A. L.
Dorado, Cecilia
Greater Reduction in Abdominal Than in Upper Arms Subcutaneous Fat in 10- to 12-Year-Old Tennis Players: A Volumetric MRI Study
title Greater Reduction in Abdominal Than in Upper Arms Subcutaneous Fat in 10- to 12-Year-Old Tennis Players: A Volumetric MRI Study
title_full Greater Reduction in Abdominal Than in Upper Arms Subcutaneous Fat in 10- to 12-Year-Old Tennis Players: A Volumetric MRI Study
title_fullStr Greater Reduction in Abdominal Than in Upper Arms Subcutaneous Fat in 10- to 12-Year-Old Tennis Players: A Volumetric MRI Study
title_full_unstemmed Greater Reduction in Abdominal Than in Upper Arms Subcutaneous Fat in 10- to 12-Year-Old Tennis Players: A Volumetric MRI Study
title_short Greater Reduction in Abdominal Than in Upper Arms Subcutaneous Fat in 10- to 12-Year-Old Tennis Players: A Volumetric MRI Study
title_sort greater reduction in abdominal than in upper arms subcutaneous fat in 10- to 12-year-old tennis players: a volumetric mri study
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6710407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31482077
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2019.00345
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