All the submitted abstracts will be considered for “Poster” presentations in the HELENA Symposium by the Scientific Committee.

The accepted abstracts will be published in the Symposium abstracts’ book.

Abstracts:

Title (bold letters) and authors’ names and affiliations.

Structured abstracts (Objective/s, Methods, Results and Conclusions) are restricted to 250 words (without title, authors and institutions). Time New Roman 12 should be used and it may not contain any tables or graphs.

Presenting author: Indicate the name of the presenting author and his/her contact details (e-mail and phone number required). This person is the only one receiving the information on acceptance of the abstract submitted and any other correspondence. Registration is a requirement for presenting a poster in the Symposium.

The submission of more than one abstract as first author is not allowed. However, an author can be co-author in other abstracts.

Language: The official language of the Symposium is English; thereby, abstracts written in English are preferred. Nevertheless, abstracts written in Spanish will also be considered.

Note: Please, find below an example of the required format for abstracts

Send your abstract/s to: ortegaf@ugr.es

Posters:

Posters size should not exceed 160 cm in height and 110 cm in width.

The posters will be fixed at the moment of the registration and will be showed until the end of the Symposium.

Awards: All participants are encouraged to submit an abstract.
The best poster will be awarded (200€).

Example:

HAND SPAN INFLUENCES OPTIMAL GRIP SPAN IN BOYS AND GIRLS AGED 6-12 YEARS

Vanesa España-Romero (1), Enrique G. Artero (1) Alba M. Santaliestra-Pasias (2), Angel Gutierrez (1), Manuel J. Castillo (1), Jonatan R. Ruiz (1,2)

(1) Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.

(2) E. U. Ciencias de la Salud, University of Zaragoza, Spain.

(3) Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition at NOVUM, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.

Aim: The first aim was to determine if there is an optimal grip span for determining the maximum handgrip strength in boys and girls aged 6 to 12 years, and if the optimal grip span was related to hand span. If so, the second aim was to derive a mathematical equation relating hand span and optimal grip span.

Methods: A total of 123 healthy boys (8.8 ± 1.7 y), and 70 girls (7.6 ± 1.6 y) were evaluated. Each hand was randomly tested on 10 occasions using 5 different grip spans, allowing a 1-minute rest between attempts. The hand span was measured from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger with the hand open widely.

Results: An optimal grip span to determine maximum handgrip strength was identified for both genders. Hand span and optimal grip span showed a significant linear association in the studied children. The equation relating grip span as a function of hand span in boys is formulated as y = x/4+0.44 (r = .97, p = .002), and in girls: y = 0.3x-0.52 (r = .96, p = .008), where x is the hand span (maximal width between first and fifth finger), and y is the optimal grip span.

Conclusions: The results suggest that there is an optimal grip span to which the dynamometer should be adjusted when measuring handgrip strength in children. The optimal grip span was influenced by hand span in both genders.

Corresponding author:
Vanesa España Romero
University of Granada
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology
Avd. Madrid, s/n
18012, Granada (Spain)
Phone nr: 0034 958 24 35 40
Fax nr: 0034 958 24 90 15
E-mail: vanespa@ugr.es