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Can the Neuromuscular Performance of Young Athletes Be Influenced by Hormone Levels and Different Stages of Puberty?
Background: Endocrine mechanisms can be a determining factor in the neuromuscular performance of young athletes. Objective: The objective of the present study was to relate maturational and hormonal markers to neuromuscular performance, as well as to verify whether young athletes with different test...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7460253/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32764284 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165637 |
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author | de Almeida-Neto, Paulo Francisco de Matos, Dihogo Gama Pinto, Vanessa Carla Monteiro Dantas, Paulo Moreira Silva Cesário, Tatianny de Macêdo da Silva, Luíz Felipe Bulhões-Correia, Alexandre Aidar, Felipe José Cabral, Breno Guilherme de Araújo Tinôco |
author_facet | de Almeida-Neto, Paulo Francisco de Matos, Dihogo Gama Pinto, Vanessa Carla Monteiro Dantas, Paulo Moreira Silva Cesário, Tatianny de Macêdo da Silva, Luíz Felipe Bulhões-Correia, Alexandre Aidar, Felipe José Cabral, Breno Guilherme de Araújo Tinôco |
author_sort | de Almeida-Neto, Paulo Francisco |
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description | Background: Endocrine mechanisms can be a determining factor in the neuromuscular performance of young athletes. Objective: The objective of the present study was to relate maturational and hormonal markers to neuromuscular performance, as well as to verify whether young athletes with different testosterone levels show differences in muscle strength. Methods: The sample consisted of 37 young male Brazilian athletes (11.3 ± 0.94 years) who were members of a sports initiation project. Hormonal markers were analyzed biochemically by blood samples, and maturation markers by mathematical models based on anthropometry. Body composition was verified by tetrapolar bioimpedance. The performance of upper and lower limb strength and body speed were analyzed. Results: Hormonal and maturational markers were related to neuromuscular performance (p < 0.05). Young people with higher testosterone levels showed higher muscle strength (p < 0.05). Artificial neural networks showed that testosterone predicted the performance of upper limbs by 49%, and maturation by 60%. Maturation foreshadowed the performance of lower limbs by 30.3%. Conclusion: Biological maturation and hormonal levels can be related to neuromuscular performance, and young people with higher testosterone levels show superior muscle strength in relation to the others. |
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spelling | pubmed-74602532020-09-02 Can the Neuromuscular Performance of Young Athletes Be Influenced by Hormone Levels and Different Stages of Puberty? de Almeida-Neto, Paulo Francisco de Matos, Dihogo Gama Pinto, Vanessa Carla Monteiro Dantas, Paulo Moreira Silva Cesário, Tatianny de Macêdo da Silva, Luíz Felipe Bulhões-Correia, Alexandre Aidar, Felipe José Cabral, Breno Guilherme de Araújo Tinôco Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: Endocrine mechanisms can be a determining factor in the neuromuscular performance of young athletes. Objective: The objective of the present study was to relate maturational and hormonal markers to neuromuscular performance, as well as to verify whether young athletes with different testosterone levels show differences in muscle strength. Methods: The sample consisted of 37 young male Brazilian athletes (11.3 ± 0.94 years) who were members of a sports initiation project. Hormonal markers were analyzed biochemically by blood samples, and maturation markers by mathematical models based on anthropometry. Body composition was verified by tetrapolar bioimpedance. The performance of upper and lower limb strength and body speed were analyzed. Results: Hormonal and maturational markers were related to neuromuscular performance (p < 0.05). Young people with higher testosterone levels showed higher muscle strength (p < 0.05). Artificial neural networks showed that testosterone predicted the performance of upper limbs by 49%, and maturation by 60%. Maturation foreshadowed the performance of lower limbs by 30.3%. Conclusion: Biological maturation and hormonal levels can be related to neuromuscular performance, and young people with higher testosterone levels show superior muscle strength in relation to the others. MDPI 2020-08-05 2020-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7460253/ /pubmed/32764284 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165637 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article de Almeida-Neto, Paulo Francisco de Matos, Dihogo Gama Pinto, Vanessa Carla Monteiro Dantas, Paulo Moreira Silva Cesário, Tatianny de Macêdo da Silva, Luíz Felipe Bulhões-Correia, Alexandre Aidar, Felipe José Cabral, Breno Guilherme de Araújo Tinôco Can the Neuromuscular Performance of Young Athletes Be Influenced by Hormone Levels and Different Stages of Puberty? |
title | Can the Neuromuscular Performance of Young Athletes Be Influenced by Hormone Levels and Different Stages of Puberty? |
title_full | Can the Neuromuscular Performance of Young Athletes Be Influenced by Hormone Levels and Different Stages of Puberty? |
title_fullStr | Can the Neuromuscular Performance of Young Athletes Be Influenced by Hormone Levels and Different Stages of Puberty? |
title_full_unstemmed | Can the Neuromuscular Performance of Young Athletes Be Influenced by Hormone Levels and Different Stages of Puberty? |
title_short | Can the Neuromuscular Performance of Young Athletes Be Influenced by Hormone Levels and Different Stages of Puberty? |
title_sort | can the neuromuscular performance of young athletes be influenced by hormone levels and different stages of puberty? |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7460253/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32764284 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165637 |
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