1. Dermatoglyphics and abdominal resistance in female children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study
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Adriano Alberti, Samuel Alfredo Islas Guerra, Letícia Ventura, Viviane Freiberger, Josiane Aparecida de Jesus, Eliton Marcio Zanoni, Luana Quadros, David Arnoldo García Fernández, Arturo Martínez Treviz, Eloel Benetti Zavorski, Ramón Alfonso González Rivas, Felipe Valenzuela Jurado, Aline D Schlindwein, Fabiane Pertille, Oscar Núñez Enríquez, Ben Hur Soares, Graziela Marques Leão, Leoberto Ricardo Grigollo, Gracielle Fin, Gabriel Gastélum Cuadras, Renan Souza, Bruna Becker da Silva, Rudy José Nodari Júnior, Rodrigo Gomes de Souza Vale, Arturo Iván Chávez Erives, and Clarissa M. Comim
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Ulnar loop ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,genetic structures ,General Immunology and Microbiology ,business.industry ,Cross-sectional study ,General Medicine ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Risk zone ,Muscle strength ,Medicine ,General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics ,business ,Dermatoglyphics - 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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