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The lean body mass (LBM) components have been suggested as important predictors of anaerobic performance, which is highly involved in basketball. We explored with descriptive cross-sectional design the relationship between anaerobic performance and full molecular and cellular body composition profile in young male basketball players. Twenty-one pla...
Skeletal muscle mass (SMM) is a relevant indicator of adolescent health influenced by sport participation, body size, and maturation. However, limited data are available from techniques accessible to field professionals.
Purpose
To provide reference data of regional and total-body SMM and fat-free mass (FFM) derived from anthropometry among groups...
Master athletes are considered as a model of healthy aging because they can limit the age-related decline of physiological abilities compared to sedentary individuals. The main objective of this study is to analyze age-related changes and annual training on body composition (BC) and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) parameters. The participants in th...
Previous canoe sprint studies evaluated the best paddlers of their categories. This investigation aimed to identify the importance of biological maturation and athletes’ experience in kayaking performance and observe possible differences regarding anthropometry, years of practice, and performance. Eighty under 14 years of age (U14) and fifty under...
Physiological variables such as maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max), velocity at maximal oxygen uptake (vVO2max), running economy (RE) and changes in lactate levels are considered the main factors determining performance in long-distance races. The aim of this review was to present the mathematical models available in the literature to estimate performa...
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Research findings on the relationship between serum androgens and adipose tissue in older females are inconsistent. We aimed to clarify the relationship using state‐of‐the art techniques to evaluate associations between body fat distribution and plasma testosterone (T) levels in older postmenopausal women.
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Observational, cross‐sec...
The main goal of this study was to analyze the longitudinal agreement between changes in trunk and abdominal adiposity variables assessed by DXA and portable bioimpedance device (ViScan). A total of 44 women, enrolled in a 4-month exercise intervention, were included in this analysis. Trunk/abdominal compartments were assessed by ViScan and DXA. Ad...
Bone mineral content (BMC) accretion is strongly related with healthy development, and its quantification must be of interest along childhood and adolescence. Nevertheless, direct measurement by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is limited to clinical studies and new reliable solutions to estimate BMC for epidemiological and field studies are...
Introducción:
la influencia del ejercicio físico en sujetos entrenados tiene efectos beneficiosos en la condición física y la composición corporal. Sin embargo, el desentrenamiento tiene un efecto desfavorable en todas ellas.
Objetivo:
el propósito del estudio fue analizar los cambios de la composición corporal después de un periodo de desentrenam...
The aim of this longitudinal study was to explore temporal patterns of physical activity (PA) and adiposity in Spanish adolescents. Eighty healthy adolescents were followed over a 2-year period (42 girls and 38 boys). A PA score was estimated using the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Adolescents (PAQ-A). Adiposity was assessed by anthropometric...
Fat free mass (FFM) hydration has important implications in body composition assessment and a relationship with exercise performance described recently. However, proposed pediatric hydration constant values for FFM were derived from cross-sectional data, which may limit longitudinal inferences based in these constants. PURPOSE: To describe changes...
The relationship between muscle size and strength has been published in the literature, however less is known about its actual association for adolescents. The identification of anthropometric muscle mass indicators that best predict strength across age, taking in account growth and maturation processes, must be useful in field settings for screeni...
The epidemic increase in overweight and obesity affect on the amount of total body fat and body distribution. Clinical implications that can cause visceral fat deposits are especially important. The higher amounts of visceral adipose tissue is associated with several diseases such as metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease and various neoplasic...
Introducción: La influencia que tiene la actividad física (AF) programada sobre la composición corporal en adolescentes ha sido confirmada1, aunque a menudo no se ha considerado el papel del tipo de ejercicio realizado en estos resultados. Por otra parte, la asociación entre la actividad física y la presión arterial en reposo ha sido poco tratada2...
Introducción: La medición del tejido adiposo visceral mediante absorciometría de rayos X de energía dual (DXA) combinado con técnicas antropométricas es un método útil y un buen indicador de la adiposidad visceral abdominal (AVA) en estudios diseñados para evaluar los cambios en la adiposidad central1. La actividad física (AF) tiene una incidencia...
The purpose of the present study was to investigate percentage body fat (%BF) differences in three Spanish dance disciplines and to compare skinfold and bioelectrical impedance predictions of body fat percentage in the same sample. Seventy-six female dancers, divided into three groups, Classical (n=23), Spanish (n=29) and Flamenco (n=24), were meas...
Introduction: Internal abdominal fat (IAF) measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) has been proposed as subrogate of visceral adipose tissue, which is a cornerstone measurement for screening of metabolic syndrome1,2. However, measuring IAF is time-consuming, expensive and impractical for field studies with children. Since 1990, anthropom...
Introduction: Skeletal muscle mass (SMM) is a cornerstone for children development since that it is related to the basic motor skills acquisition, motor performance and health. However, there is a lack of anthropometric mathematical models aimed to estimated appendicular skeletal muscle mass on children in order to allow assess SMM in field context...
Introduction: The association between physical activity (PA) and resting blood pressure (BP) is poorly understood in adolescents (Kelley, Kelley, & Tran, 2003), since several variables such as body composition, maturation level or sex, which interfere with, must be analyzed (Muntner, He, Cutler, Wildman, & Whelton, 2004). Therefore, the aim of this...
Body composition including hydration has been classically associated with aerobic performance. However, the relationships between anaerobic performance assessed by sprints and hydration have not been analyzed extensively in the literature, particularly among children and adolescents. This is a paradoxical situation because the child is primarily in...
El aumento epidémico del sobrepeso y la obesidad repercuten sobre la cantidad de grasa así como en su distribución corporal. En especial son importantes las implicaciones clínicas que pueden producir los depósitos de grasa visceral. Las cantidades aumentadas de tejido adiposo visceral, se asocian con enfermedades como el síndrome metabólico, la enf...
Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is an easy non-invasive technique which can be used in both healthy and patient populations. To guarantee reliability and accuracy it is necessary to understand the basic principles of its use and to control the strict application protocol of the measurement conditions. BIA can determine total body water and f...