During growth spurts, children don’t always grow proportionally. Often, the arms and the legs grow faster than the torso, and while children adjust to their new center of gravity, they lose coordination and control over their body movements. Researchers at theBMCfound that “Boys who had grow...
School-age children, who are not going through the rapid, unsettling growth spurts of early childhood or adolescence , are quite skilled at controlling their bodies and are generally good at a wide variety of physical activities, although the ability varies according to the level of maturation and...
When a child complains of heel pain, it is often thought to be growing pains, a normal phenomenon during childhood and adolescent growth spurts. Growing pains are a simple way of describing mild and short-lived pain, usually in the legs where a muscle attaches to a bone. During growth spur...
Growth spurts in the otoliths of female snook, the terminal sex, were identified between ages 4 and 8, corroborating the current understanding of when sex change occurs (between 3 and 8). No such growth increases were identified on the otoliths of male snook, the primary sex. Otolith growth...
Both male and female teens may be at risk for anemia due to growth spurts. If a teen is experiencing fatigue, a health screening for iron-deficiency and other diseases is warranted. Severe low iron may predispose a teen to a higher risk of injuries and certain infections. If a severe lack...
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