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So, we aimed to study jumping by mechanography in short SGA children before and during GH treatment.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Monocentric prospective longitudinal study in a tertiary pediatric endocrinology center. We studied 50 prepubertal short children (23 females) born SGA (mean age 7.2 y, height -3.24 SDS) during GH treatment (mean dose 45 \u00b5g\/kg\/d). Main outcome measures were Peak jump force (PJF) and peak jump power (PJP) measured by Leonardo<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup> ground reaction force plate at baseline and after 12 months of GH treatment. Mechanography data were compared to sex, age and height related references (SD-Score). Fitness was estimated as PJP\/kg body weight by use of the Esslinger-Fitness-Index (EFI).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>At start of GH treatment PJP\/body weight was low at -1.52 SDS and increased significantly to -0.95 SDS during 12 months of treatment (p&amp;lt;0.001). PJF was low-normal compared to height dependent references and remained unchanged. PJP was normal compared to height dependent references and increased only slightly from -0.34 to -0.19 SDS<jats:sub>HT<\/jats:sub>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Jumping performance (EFI) measured by mechanography increased during one year of GH treatment in short children born SGA.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fendo.2023.1122287","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,18]],"date-time":"2023-04-18T05:17:47Z","timestamp":1681795067000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Increase of jump performance during GH treatment in short children born SGA"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Roland","family":"Schweizer","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"David 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