1. Dermatoglyphics and abdominal resistance in female children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]
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Renan Souza, Adriano Alberti, Gabriel Gastélum Cuadras, Rodrigo Gomes de Souza Vale, Eliton Marcio Zanoni, Eloel Benetti Zavorski, Josiane Aparecida De Jesus, Ben Hur Soares, Fabiane Pertille, Gracielle Fin, Bruna Becker da Silva, Leoberto R. Grigollo, Aline D. Schlindwein, Viviane Freiberger, Leticia Ventura, Luana Quadros, Ramón Alfonso González Rivas, Oscar Núñez Enríquez, Samuel Alfredo Islas Guerra, Felipe Valenzuela Jurado, Arturo Iván Chávez Erives, Arturo Martínez Treviz, David Arnoldo García Fernández, Graziela Marques Leão, Clarissa Martinelli Comim, and Rudy José Nodari Junior
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Research Article ,Articles ,Dermatoglyphic ,Mark ,Strength ,Female. - Abstract
Background: Dermatoglyphics is considered, in the scientific milieu, to be an epigenetic marker. The objective of this study was to analyze the presence of dermatoglyphic marks characteristic of neuromotor capacity and abdominal resistance in children and adolescents. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 1,002 individuals, female children and adolescents between the ages of 10 and 16, from public and private schools in the city of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The protocol selected for analyzing the fingerprints was dermatoglyphics, proposed by Cummins and Midlo using a Dermatoglyphic Reader. The Brazilian Sports Project Manual - PROESP 2015 was used to collect data on muscle strength motor tests. Results: The results showed the presence of a dermatoglyphic mark characteristic of abdominal motor capacity and muscle strength in females. A higher frequency of arches was identified in MET4 and whorls in MET5 and MDT4 in the Risk Zone group. In the Healthy Zone group, ulnar loop was found to be more frequent in MET4, MET5, and MDT4 fingers. Conclusions: The results demonstrated a predictive marker for abdominal motor capacity and strength in females through dermatoglyphics.
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- 2021
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