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Medicine ball throw distance weighted with height-to-mass ratio aligns with other physical fitness tasks

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By Gerald Jarnig, Reinhold Kliegl, Reinhold Kerbl, Mireille van Poppel
| Nature Verified
Abstract The traditional Medicine Ball Throw (MBTT) for assessing upper-extremity explosive strength inherently favours heavier and taller participants. We designed three alternative indices to adjust for this anthropometric bias: (1) multiplying MBTT by the height-to-mass ratio (MBTA1), (2) dividing MBTT by the product of mass and height (MBTA2), and (3) dividing MBTT by the body mass index (MBTA3).
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Is a new discussion about diagnosis of gestational diabetes needed?

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By Gernot Desoye, Mireille van Poppel
| The Lancet Verified
Gestational diabetes is a metabolic condition occurring in pregnant women, usually diagnosed between 24 weeks and 28 weeks of gestation. This timing was chosen to strike a balance between optimising sensitivity and allowing the opportunity to manage metabolic dysregulation through lifestyle or pharmaceutical intervention, if necessary.
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