Somatotropin related to growth in schoolchildren from 9 to 11 years old through exercise stimulation - Monserrate González López School, Montecristi

Abstract

Somatotropin is a hormone that regulates growth and metabolism in living things. The purpose of the research was the lack of work on somatotropin stimulated by physical activity in children, and in this way corroborate cases of pathological size in a group with and without stimulation. The objective was; To determine somatotropin related to growth in schoolchildren from 9 to 11 years old through exercise stimulation from the Monserrate González López School, Montecristi. The type of research was experimental, the methods were used; Analytical, hypothetical deductive, and statistical, the sampling was voluntary probabilistic applying inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data collection sheets, laboratory technique for the determination of somatotropin by serum chemiluminescence with prior authorization of informed consent by the representatives were used. The investigation involved 66 students; 43 of the masculine gender, that is to say 65.15%, and 23 of the feminine gender being 34.85%. The results indicate that 1 school boy with short stature in the stimulated group had a somatotropin deficit, 65 of them did not present a deficit. The standard deviations established by the WHO showed that 4 children in the stimulated group and 1 in the non-stimulated group have pathological growth. According to the data obtained, it is important to know that GH levels are linked to the changes that a child experiences, in their development during growth, which can cause them to have poor school performance.