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Single and Especially Multisport Participation May Increase Physical Fitness in Younger Americans
Background: We sought to examine the associations between sports participation and physical fitness in younger Americans. Methods: The analytic sample included 1108 Americans aged 6–15 years. Muscular fitness assessments included handgrip strength, leg extension strength, and plank position. Cardior...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9786319/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36548499 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports10120202 |
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author | Linker, Jenny Strand, Bradford Deutsch, Joe Kang, Seungmin Slater, Kelsey Driscoll, Alaina McGrath, Ryan |
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description | Background: We sought to examine the associations between sports participation and physical fitness in younger Americans. Methods: The analytic sample included 1108 Americans aged 6–15 years. Muscular fitness assessments included handgrip strength, leg extension strength, and plank position. Cardiorespiratory fitness was examined with graded treadmill tests. Results: Youth participating in any sports had increased physical fitness performance for each marker: 1.63 kg (CI: 0.91–2.35) for handgrip strength, 6.23 kg (CI: 3.15–9.32) for leg extension strength, 9.41 lbs. (CI: 4.51–14.31) for plank position held, and 3.02 mL/kg/min (CI: 1.23–4.80) for estimated maximal oxygen uptake. Participants engaging in a single sport had increased performance for most fitness markers: 1.52 kg (CI: 0.67–2.38) for handgrip strength, 5.16 kg (CI: 1.50–8.82) for leg extension strength, 5.98 s (CI: 0.17–11.78) for plank position held, and 2.67 mL/kg/min (CI: 0.58–4.77) for estimated maximal oxygen uptake. Youth engaging in multiple sports exhibited even steeper trends: 1.77 kg (CI: 0.83–2.70) for handgrip strength, 7.63 kg (CI: 3.62–11.65) for leg extension strength, 13.89 s (CI: 7.52–20.27) for plank position held, and 3.50 mL/kg/min (CI: 1.15–5.85) for estimated maximal oxygen uptake. Conclusions: Any sports participation, including single and multiple sports, is linked to increased physical fitness in American youth. |
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spelling | pubmed-97863192022-12-24 Single and Especially Multisport Participation May Increase Physical Fitness in Younger Americans Linker, Jenny Strand, Bradford Deutsch, Joe Kang, Seungmin Slater, Kelsey Driscoll, Alaina McGrath, Ryan Sports (Basel) Article Background: We sought to examine the associations between sports participation and physical fitness in younger Americans. Methods: The analytic sample included 1108 Americans aged 6–15 years. Muscular fitness assessments included handgrip strength, leg extension strength, and plank position. Cardiorespiratory fitness was examined with graded treadmill tests. Results: Youth participating in any sports had increased physical fitness performance for each marker: 1.63 kg (CI: 0.91–2.35) for handgrip strength, 6.23 kg (CI: 3.15–9.32) for leg extension strength, 9.41 lbs. (CI: 4.51–14.31) for plank position held, and 3.02 mL/kg/min (CI: 1.23–4.80) for estimated maximal oxygen uptake. Participants engaging in a single sport had increased performance for most fitness markers: 1.52 kg (CI: 0.67–2.38) for handgrip strength, 5.16 kg (CI: 1.50–8.82) for leg extension strength, 5.98 s (CI: 0.17–11.78) for plank position held, and 2.67 mL/kg/min (CI: 0.58–4.77) for estimated maximal oxygen uptake. Youth engaging in multiple sports exhibited even steeper trends: 1.77 kg (CI: 0.83–2.70) for handgrip strength, 7.63 kg (CI: 3.62–11.65) for leg extension strength, 13.89 s (CI: 7.52–20.27) for plank position held, and 3.50 mL/kg/min (CI: 1.15–5.85) for estimated maximal oxygen uptake. Conclusions: Any sports participation, including single and multiple sports, is linked to increased physical fitness in American youth. MDPI 2022-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9786319/ /pubmed/36548499 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports10120202 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Linker, Jenny Strand, Bradford Deutsch, Joe Kang, Seungmin Slater, Kelsey Driscoll, Alaina McGrath, Ryan Single and Especially Multisport Participation May Increase Physical Fitness in Younger Americans |
title | Single and Especially Multisport Participation May Increase Physical Fitness in Younger Americans |
title_full | Single and Especially Multisport Participation May Increase Physical Fitness in Younger Americans |
title_fullStr | Single and Especially Multisport Participation May Increase Physical Fitness in Younger Americans |
title_full_unstemmed | Single and Especially Multisport Participation May Increase Physical Fitness in Younger Americans |
title_short | Single and Especially Multisport Participation May Increase Physical Fitness in Younger Americans |
title_sort | single and especially multisport participation may increase physical fitness in younger americans |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9786319/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36548499 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports10120202 |
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