RT Journal Article
T1 Physical fitness and nutritional status in female adolescents with anorexia nervosa
A1 Maria Martinez-Sanchez, Sofia
A1 Eugenio Martinez-Garcia, Tomas
A1 Munguia-Izquierdo, Diego
K1 Anorexia Nervosa
K1 Exercise test
K1 Female adolescents
K1 Muscle strength
K1 Nutritional status
K1 Body-mass index
K1 Handgrip strength
K1 Eating-disorders
K1 Grip strength
K1 Children
K1 Health
K1 Weight
K1 Predictor
K1 Validity
K1 Association
AB ObjectiveThis study aimed to determine whether physical fitness is related to nutritional status in a sample of female adolescents with anorexia nervosa, to contrast the nourished and undernourished patients, and to compare the physical fitness in these patients with normative data of healthy subjects stratified by age and gender.MethodsNutritional status was determined using the body mass index Z-score, fat mass, fat-free mass (bioelectrical impedance analysis), and the Controlling Nutritional Status score in 15 anorexic adolescents with 14.3 +/- 1.6 years. Physical fitness was assessed using the ALPHA-Fitness Battery (handgrip strength, standing broad jump, 4x10m shuttle run, and 20m shuttle run tests).ResultsHandgrip strength was significantly associated with all variables of nutritional status, except with the three blood components of the Controlling Nutritional Status score. The undernourished anorexic patients showed significantly worse physical fitness than the nourished anorexic patients in all tests, except in the standing broad jump and the 4x10m shuttle run tests. The physical fitness tests of the female anorexic adolescents showed scores significantly worse than those of the normative European female adolescent population.ConclusionThe observation of female adolescents with anorexia nervosa showed associations between higher physical fitness levels and better nutritional statuses. Handgrip strength and 20m shuttle run tests may be options of additional indicators of undernutrition in anorexic female adolescents. The undernourished anorexic patients showed worse physical fitness than the nourished ones. According to normative data for healthy sex- and agematched adolescents, physical fitness is severely impaired in anorexic female adolescents.
PB Pontificia universidade catolica campinas
SN 1415-5273
YR 2020
FD 2020-01-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10668/26542
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10668/26542
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 17, 2025