ABSTRACT
Although it is self-evident that young children produce less strength than adults during maximal voluntary contractions (MVC), it still remains unclear whether or not these differences persist when strength is normalized to dimensional changes throughout growth, i.e. whether there are significant differences in strength relative to muscle size between children and adults. More specifically, it remains to be elucidated whether age-related changes in absolute strength are simply due to the increase in muscle size or whether they can also be ascribed to differential qualitative factors (Bouchant et al., 2011).
