Background Physical fitness during childhood and adolescence has been identified as an
important determinant of current and future health status. While research has traditionally …

Recent research has revealed causes other than aging that may induce sarcopenia in
young people, contrary to the long-studied age-dependent reduction in muscular mass and …

Background Reduced muscular strength, as measured by grip strength, has been
associated with an increased risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Grip strength is …

Abstract Faigenbaum, AD, Kraemer, WJ, Blimkie, CJR, Jeffreys, I, Micheli, LJ, Nitka, M, and
Rowland, TW. Youth resistance training: Updated position statement paper from the National …

Castro-Piñero, J, Ortega, FB, Artero, EG, Girela-Rejón, MJ, Mora, J, Sjöström, M, and Ruiz,
JR. Assessing muscular strength in youth: usefulness of standing long jump as a general …

Sarcopenic obesity (SO) is defined as co-occurrence of increased fat mass and sarcopenia
and may predict adverse health outcomes in the pediatric population. However, the …

METHODS The medical electronic databases MEDLINE, SCOPUS, and SPORTS DISCUS
were used to search for studies relating muscular fitness (MusS, muscular endurance, and …

Artero EG, Ruiz JR, Ortega FB, España‐Romero V, Vicente‐Rodríguez G, Molnar D,
Gottrand F, González‐Gross M, Breidenassel C, Moreno LA, Gutiérrez A; on behalf of the …

ABSTRACT STEENE-JOHANNESSEN, J., SA ANDERSSEN, E. KOLLE, and LB
ANDERSEN. Low Muscle Fitness Is Associated with Metabolic Risk in Youth. Med. Sci …

What is already known about this subject Skeletal muscle is considered a major site of
insulin‐mediated glucose disposal and is thus a key tissue in whole‐body glucose …