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Suboptimal Bone Status For Adolescents With Low Motor Competence And Developmental Coordination Disorder - It's Sex Specific, Paola Chivers, Timo Rantalainen, Fleur Mcintyre, Beth Hands, Benjamin Weeks, Belinda Beck, Nimphius Sophia, Nicolas Hart, Aris Siafarikas
Suboptimal Bone Status For Adolescents With Low Motor Competence And Developmental Coordination Disorder - It's Sex Specific, Paola Chivers, Timo Rantalainen, Fleur Mcintyre, Beth Hands, Benjamin Weeks, Belinda Beck, Nimphius Sophia, Nicolas Hart, Aris Siafarikas
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Background: Australian adolescents with low motor competence (LMC) have higher fracture rates and poorer bone health compared to European normative data, but currently no normative data exists for Australians.
Aims: To examine whether there were bone health differences in Australian adolescents with LMC or Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) when compared to typically developing age-matched Australian adolescents.
Methods and Procedures: Australian adolescents aged 12–18 years with LMC/DCD (n=39; male=27; female=12) and an Australian comparison sample (n=188; boys=101; girls= 87) undertook radial and tibial peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (pQCT) scans. Stress Strain Index (SSI (mm3)), Total Bone Area (TBA (mm2)), Muscle Density …