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Bone quantity and quality in Brazilian female schoolchildren and adolescents

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The aim of the present study was to evaluate quantitative ultrasound parameters of the finger phalanges bones (AD-SoS, amplitude-dependent speed of sound, and BTT, bone transmission time) of schoolchildren, using a DBM Sonic device (IGEA, Carpi, Italy), to obtain normative values for the Brazilian population. The sample consisted of 1,775 healthy schoolchildren, all females, aged 8–17 years. We observed a progressive increase for the variables of weight, height, body mass index (BMI), AD-SoS, and BTT with advancing age. Results for AD-SoS showed increasing and significant variation from 8 to 17 years old (1,938–2,103 m/s, an increase of 8.52%, P < 0.0001), and also for BTT (0.84–1.45 μs, an increase of 72.6%, P < 0.0001). A gradual increase in the values of AD-SoS and BTT was observed with advances in pubertal stages. There was an interaction between the variables of age, height, and pubertal stages, predicting AD-SoS (R 2 = 0.49) and BTT (R 2 = 0.53). The study showed that AD-SoS and BTT, evaluated by means of bone ultrasonometry of the phalanges in females, increase gradually with age, being more evident during puberty, probably as a reflex of the structural organization of bone growth and development, or changes in the content of the bone tissue.

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The authors express their thanks to the Municipal Education Office, the Regional Education Centre of Cascavel/PR, directors and teachers of the schools, family members and girls who participated in the research, and to all the staff who helped in the data gathering.

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  1. Research Center of Physical Education in Kinanthropometry and Human Performance, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianopolis, SC, Brazil

    Keila Donassolo Santos & Edio Luiz Petroski

  2. Center of Investigation in Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil

    Roberto Regis Ribeiro & Gil Guerra-Junior

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Santos, K.D., Petroski, E.L., Ribeiro, R.R. et al. Bone quantity and quality in Brazilian female schoolchildren and adolescents. J Bone Miner Metab 27, 507–512 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00774-009-0067-5

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