Pico Ana María Pérez, Verjano Elisabeth, Mayordomo Raquel
J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2017 Mar;107(2):137-143. doi: 10.7547/15-121.
This study examines the possible influence of factors such as nail shape and consistency, sex, and sports activity on the development of the most common nail disorders in a population of young people.
The nail plates of 140 young people (66 females and 74 males) were studied. Of these 140 participants, 72 were runners who trained more than 10 hours a week and competed regularly, and 68 did not habitually do any sports activity. Nail shape, consistency, and disorders were examined, taking into account the sex of the participants and their sports activity.
A hard nail consistency is more frequent in runners (74.4%) than in people who do no sports activity (25.6%). In contrast, a soft nail consistency is more prevalent in participants who do no sports activity (70%) than in runners (30%). It was also shown that onychocryptosis is related to sex, as females had a higher prevalence of this nail disorder (57.8%, P = .016). However, young male runners showed the highest and most significant percentage of the presence of onychocryptosis (74.1%; P = .002).
Sports activity by young male runners whose nails have a hard consistency seems to be directly related to the high incidence of onychocryptosis in this population.
本研究探讨指甲形状与质地、性别以及体育活动等因素对年轻人群中最常见指甲疾病发生发展的可能影响。
对140名年轻人（66名女性和74名男性）的指甲进行研究。在这140名参与者中，72名是每周训练超过10小时且定期参加比赛的跑步者，68名没有习惯性地进行任何体育活动。考虑到参与者的性别及其体育活动情况，对指甲形状、质地和疾病进行了检查。
跑步者中硬甲质地更为常见（74.4%），高于不进行体育活动的人群（25.6%）。相反，不进行体育活动的参与者中软甲质地更为普遍（70%），高于跑步者（30%）。研究还表明，嵌甲与性别有关，因为女性中这种指甲疾病的患病率更高（57.8%，P = 0.016）。然而，年轻男性跑步者中嵌甲的出现率最高且最为显著（74.1%；P = 0.002）。
指甲质地硬的年轻男性跑步者的体育活动似乎与该人群中嵌甲的高发病率直接相关。
