Secular trends in the grip strength and body mass index of sport university students between 1973 and 2016: J-Fit＋study

Sport university students are a unique population because they usually have a strong sport background since early childhood. In this study, we aimed to examine secular trends in grip strength of male, first-year sport university students in comparison with the general population between 1973 and 2016. Existing data on the grip strength of 6,308 sport university students aged 18 years were examined. The data were obtained from the Juntendo...