Research Article

Evaluation of knee peak torque in athletic and sedentary children

Volume: 43 Number: 6 January 29, 2010
  • Martine Deighan
  • Alan Nevill
  • Nicola Maffulli
  • Jack Cheng
  • Nigel Gleeson
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Evaluation of knee peak torque in athletic and sedentary children

Abstract

Objectives: We examined the influence of sex, level of activity, and pubertal status on knee extension (Ext) and flexion (Fl) peak torque (PT) in children using an allometric modeling approach.
Methods: A total of 140 students (67 males, 73 females) aged 12/13 years were enrolled from a Hong Kong junior high school, whose curricula were based on physical education (n=69) or arts (n=71). Isokinetic concentric Ext and Fl PT of the dominant leg was assessed at 1.04 rad/sec using a Cybex II+ dynamometer and body mass, stature, and pubertal stage were measured. A repeatedmeasures ANOVA test was performed on absolute PT data with muscle action (Ext and Fl) as a within-subject factor and between-subject factors including sex, group, and pubertal stage. To assess the effects on body sizeadjusted PT, linear ANCOVA and log-linear ANCOVA techniques were used with body mass and stature taken as covariates.
Results: Peak torque was significantly greater in boys compared to girls, and in the physical education group compared to the arts group. When PT was adjusted for differences in body size, there was a greater difference in PT between girls in the two groups compared to boys, and there was a significant effect of pubertal stage. Allometric analysis showed that PT was influenced more by stature than body mass, and PT increased at a greater rate than body size (both p<0.01).
Conclusion: There may be a need for a physical activity intervention in sedentary 12/13 year old girls. Peak torque appears to increase disproportionately to body size. This may result from a greater increase in leg muscle mass relative to body mass. 

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English

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Health Care Administration

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Research Article

Authors

Martine Deighan This is me

Alan Nevill This is me

Nicola Maffulli This is me

Jack Cheng This is me

Nigel Gleeson This is me

Publication Date

January 29, 2010

Submission Date

March 7, 2014

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Year 2009 Volume: 43 Number: 6

APA
Deighan, M., Nevill, A., Maffulli, N., Cheng, J., & Gleeson, N. (2010). Evaluation of knee peak torque in athletic and sedentary children. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 43(6), 484-490. https://izlik.org/JA64KH98BX
AMA
1.Deighan M, Nevill A, Maffulli N, Cheng J, Gleeson N. Evaluation of knee peak torque in athletic and sedentary children. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2010;43(6):484-490. https://izlik.org/JA64KH98BX
Chicago
Deighan, Martine, Alan Nevill, Nicola Maffulli, Jack Cheng, and Nigel Gleeson. 2010. “Evaluation of Knee Peak Torque in Athletic and Sedentary Children”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 43 (6): 484-90. https://izlik.org/JA64KH98BX.
EndNote
Deighan M, Nevill A, Maffulli N, Cheng J, Gleeson N (January 1, 2010) Evaluation of knee peak torque in athletic and sedentary children. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 43 6 484–490.
IEEE
[1]M. Deighan, A. Nevill, N. Maffulli, J. Cheng, and N. Gleeson, “Evaluation of knee peak torque in athletic and sedentary children”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 43, no. 6, pp. 484–490, Jan. 2010, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA64KH98BX
ISNAD
Deighan, Martine - Nevill, Alan - Maffulli, Nicola - Cheng, Jack - Gleeson, Nigel. “Evaluation of Knee Peak Torque in Athletic and Sedentary Children”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 43/6 (January 1, 2010): 484-490. https://izlik.org/JA64KH98BX.
JAMA
1.Deighan M, Nevill A, Maffulli N, Cheng J, Gleeson N. Evaluation of knee peak torque in athletic and sedentary children. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2010;43:484–490.
MLA
Deighan, Martine, et al. “Evaluation of Knee Peak Torque in Athletic and Sedentary Children”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 43, no. 6, Jan. 2010, pp. 484-90, https://izlik.org/JA64KH98BX.
Vancouver
1.Martine Deighan, Alan Nevill, Nicola Maffulli, Jack Cheng, Nigel Gleeson. Evaluation of knee peak torque in athletic and sedentary children. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica [Internet]. 2010 Jan. 1;43(6):484-90. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA64KH98BX