000098229 001__ 98229 000098229 005__ 20210120124310.0 000098229 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.2478/hukin-2018-0074 000098229 0248_ $$2sideral$$a121877 000098229 037__ $$aART-2019-121877 000098229 041__ $$aeng 000098229 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-0137-9900$$aLozano-Berges, G.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000098229 245__ $$aIs Playing Soccer More Osteogenic for Females Before the Pubertal Spurt? 000098229 260__ $$c2019 000098229 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000098229 5203_ $$aThe aims of this study were to assess bone mass in children and adolescent soccer players and to evaluate the influence of both gender and pubertal status on bone mass. A total of 110 soccer players (75 males / 35 females; 12.73 ± 0.65 / 12.76 ± 0.59 years) participated in this cross-sectional study. They were divided into two groups according to their pubertal status. Bone and lean masses were measured with Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry. An independent t-test and an adjusted by subtotal lean and training experience multivariate analysis of covariance were used to analyse the differences in bone mass values between genders and maturity status. Female soccer players presented higher bone mass values than their male counterparts in most of the measured weight-bearing sites. Moreover, when stratifying by pubertal status, peripubertal and postpubertal females had higher subtotal body and lumbar spine bone mass than males. Comparing between pubertal status groups before adjustment, both male and female postpubertal players showed higher bone mass than their pubertal counterparts. After adjusting, these differences disappeared and, in fact results were inverted as bone mass at the femoral neck was higher in both male and female peripubertal soccer players than in postpubertal players. Bone mass seems to be more intensely stimulated by playing soccer in female than male players, particularly in the lumbar spine. The results of peripubertal players showing higher bone mass at the femoral neck after adjusting suggest that playing soccer during the peripubertal stage could be an effective activity to achieve optimal bone mass values. 000098229 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MEC/FPU13-02111$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/DEP2012-32724 000098229 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc-nd$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 000098229 590__ $$a1.664$$b2019 000098229 591__ $$aSPORT SCIENCES$$b55 / 85 = 0.647$$c2019$$dQ3$$eT2 000098229 592__ $$a0.606$$b2019 000098229 593__ $$aPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation$$c2019$$dQ2 000098229 593__ $$aSports Science$$c2019$$dQ3 000098229 593__ $$aPhysiology (medical)$$c2019$$dQ3 000098229 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000098229 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-8500-1667$$aMatute-Llorente, Á.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000098229 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-0520-1640$$aGómez-Bruton, A.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000098229 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-1132-5906$$aGonzález-Agüero, A.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000098229 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-4303-4097$$aVicente-Rodríguez, G.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000098229 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-7215-6931$$aCasajús, J.A.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000098229 7102_ $$11006$$2245$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería$$cÁrea Educación Física y Depor. 000098229 773__ $$g67, 1 (2019), 153-161$$pJournal of Human Kinetics$$tJournal of Human Kinetics$$x1640-5544 000098229 8564_ $$s388645$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/98229/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000098229 8564_ $$s2434469$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/98229/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000098229 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:98229$$particulos$$pdriver 000098229 951__ $$a2021-01-20-10:42:05 000098229 980__ $$aARTICLE