Final Exam Pediatrics Flashcards
Height and Weight Change not Synchronized: Males vs. Females
Females: height = 12 yrs, weight = 12.5 yrs
Males: height = 14 yrs, weight = 14. 5 yrs
Muscle Growth: %fat differences between men and women and hormones that play a role, peak muscle mass occurs at what age for each
Muscle mass:
- 25% BW at birth
- 30 to 35% BW in women (estrogen)
- 40 to 45% BW in men (testosterone)
- peaks at 16 to 20yrs for girls, 18 to 25yrs for boys
How is fat stored? At maturity, fat content averages % in males, % in females.
- fat is stored by increasing the size and number of fat cells, but cells can only increase to a certain max volume and then new cells are formed.
- 15% in males, 25% in females
Physiological Changes with Growth: strength, blood volume, heart size, BP, HR, economy, lung volume and peak flow
- strength increases
- blood volume, heart size, BP increase
- HR decreases
- economy increases
- lung volume and peak flow increase
Strength per Unit of BW for boys vs. girls
- boys increase drastically throughout puberty because of major increase in testosterone
- girls don’t increase as drastically because they gain more body fat
Physiological Responses to Acute Exercise: BP, SV, HR, CO, a-vO2
- BP is lower but increases to adult levels in late teens; due to smaller hearts and lower peripheral resistance
- SV is lower due to smaller heart and blood volume
- HR is higher to compensate for low SV
- CO is slightly lower
- a-vO2 is higher to compensate for lower SV
Absolute vs. Relative Rates of Work in Children vs. Adults for oxygen delivery
- At relative rates of work, there is no difference and oxygen delivery capacity does not limit performance
- At absolute rates of work, oxygen delivery capacity limits performance
Peaks of absolute VO2max in males and females
Males = age 17 to 21 Females = age 14 to 15, although leveling off or decrease may be due to females being less physically active than males
VO2max is not a good indicator of CR endurance performance in children due to….
lower running economy
Anaerobic Capacity in Children
- ability to perform anaerobic activities is lower
- glycolytic capacity is lower
- produce less lactate and can’t attain high RER values during max exercise
Changes in Motor Ability
increase through the first 18 years, females tend to plateau around puberty
Thermal Stress and Children
-less able to respond to cold environments and protect from hot environments due to body surface area to body weight being much greater in children
Which injuries are more incident boys vs. girls
boys- fractures, contusions, strains
girls- overuse injuries
Incidence of Injuries- new vs. reinjury, practice vs. competition
- 90% hs injuries are new injuries
- greater number of injuries occur in practice, but injury rates are higher in competition
Top 4 Types of Injuries in Children
- Growth plate or epiphyseal fractures
- Articular Cartilage/Osteochondritis Dissecans (lower resistance to repetitive loading)
- Osgood-Schlatter disorder
- Avulsion fractures (bone and epiphyseal plates weaker than tendons and ligaments