Interrelationship between muscle fitness in childhood and bone mineral density in adulthood: mediation analysis of muscle fitness in adulthood

• Main Authors: Cynthia Correa Lopes Barbosa (Author), Julio Cesar da Costa (Author), Catiana Leila Possamai Romanzini (Author), Mariana Biagi Batista (Author), Gabriela Blasquez-Shigaki (Author), Rômulo Araújo Fernandes (Author), Diogo V. Martinho (Author), Tomás Oliveira (Author), Luís P. Ribeiro (Author), Manuel João Coelho- (Author), Enio Ricardo Vaz Ronque (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background This study was aimed to examine the relationship between muscular fitness indicators in childhood and areal bone mineral density (aBMD) in adulthood and to verify whether the relationship is mediated by performance on muscular fitness indicators in adulthood. Methods A sample of...