One of the most critical bone diseases is osteoporosis, which can be evaluated through measurements of bone mineral density. Though there is a lot of commercialized portable about health in general, few are oriented towards ...

Background: Spirometry is useful for diagnosing and monitoring many respiratory diseases. The objectives were: (a) compare maximum expiratory flow (MEF) values with those from international studies, (b) determine if MEF ...

The purpose of this study was: (a) to verify the validity of a 20 m round trip run test for young athletes; and (b) to propose regression equations for predicting V[O.sub.2] max in young athletes. The sample for this study ...

Objective: a) Establish reference values for bone parameters by using the speed of sound (SOS, m/s) of broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA, dB/MHz) and establish a bone quality index (BQI=αSOS+βBUA) for children and ...

Introducción: Durante la etapa de la niñez y la adolescencia se genera la acumulación de masa ósea, que es determinante para la salud ósea en la etapa adulta. Objetivo: Predecir la salud ósea para comparar con otras ...

Healthy ageing means optimizing opportunities that allow older individuals to participate actively in society without discrimination. Learning adaptive behaviors (AB) may be extremely important for individuals for all ...

Introducción: La estimación de la masa muscular total es un importante componente que se relaciona con el rendimiento y con el control del entrenamiento en diversas modalidades deportivas. El objetivo del estudio fue ...

Objectives. This study's purpose was to compare physical growth (PG) patterns of children and adolescents living at high elevations with those of other geographic regions, relate body adiposity indicators, and develop ...

Objetivo. Evaluar la reproductibilidad de las pruebas de competencia motriz (CM) de transposición lateral y salto lateral, y estimar percentiles por edad y sexo para niños que viven a altitud modera del Perú. Método. Se ...