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- Title
Anthropometric Parameters as Predictors for Iliopsoas Muscle Strength in Healthy Girls and in Girls with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
- Authors
Starčevič-Klasan, Gordana; Cvijanović, Olga; Peharec, Stanislav; Zulle, Miljenka; Arbanas, Juraj; Jokić, Nataša Ivančić; Bakarčić, Danko; Malnar-Dragojević, Daniela; Bobinac, Dragica
- Abstract
In this study iliopsoas muscle strength was measured by portable dynamometer and it was explored to what extent independent predictors (age, body weight, body height and body mass index) affect iliopsoas strength in healthy subjects and in subjects with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. The study population was consisted of 183 girls (90 healthy girls and 93 girls with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis). Student t test analysis showed no differences in maximal voluntary isometric contraction between healthy girls and girls with scoliosis. Independent variables predicted significantly iliopsoas strength in healthy group (r=0.96, p <0.01) and in scoliosis group (r=0.94, p<0.001). Separate analysis with respect to types of scoliosis demonstrated that independent variables significantly predict iliopsoas strength in right thoracic (r=0.97, p<0.01), left thoracic (r=0.98, p=0.004), right thoracic lumbar (r=0.97, p<0.01) and left lumbar (r=0.96, p <0.01) scoliosis subgroups. In healthy girls iliopsoas strength was mostly predicted by body weight, followed by body height and body mass index. In girls with scoliosis body weigth was the strongest predictor of iliopsoas strength and was followed by curvature angle degree.
- Subjects
TEENAGE girls; SCOLIOSIS; DYNAMOMETER; ILIOPSOAS muscle; RELIABILITY (Personality trait); MULTIPLE regression analysis; MUSCLE strength
- Publication
Collegium Antropologicum, 2008, Vol 32, Issue 2, p461
- ISSN
0350-6134
- Publication type
Article