Body Composition of Elite Female Players in Five Different Sports Games
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11510%2F15%3A10365047" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11510/15:10365047 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/hukin-2015-0021" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/hukin-2015-0021</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/hukin-2015-0021" target="_blank" >10.1515/hukin-2015-0021</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Body Composition of Elite Female Players in Five Different Sports Games
Original language description
The goal of this study was to identify and compare body composition (BC) variables in elite female athletes (age +/- years): volleyball (27.4 +/- 4.1), softball (23.6 +/- 4.9), basketball (25.9 +/- 4.2), soccer (23.2 +/- 4.2) and handball (24.0 +/- 3.5) players. Fat-free mass (FFM), fat mass, percentage of fat mass (FMP), body cell mass (BCM), extracellular mass (ECM), their ratio, the percentage of BCM in FFM, the phase angle (alpha), and total body water, with a distinction between extracellular (ECW) and intracellular water, were measured using bioimpedance analysis. MANOVA showed significant differences in BC variables for athletes in different sports (F60.256 = 2.93, p < 0.01, eta 2 = 0.407). The results did not indicate any significant differences in FMP or a among the tested groups (p > 0.05). Significant changes in other BC variables were found in analyses when sport was used as an independent variable. Soccer players exhibited the most distinct BC, differing from players of other sports in 8 out of 10 variables. In contrast, the athletes with the most similar BC were volleyball and basketball players, who did not differ in any of the compared variables. Discriminant analysis revealed two significant functions (p < 0.01). The first discriminant function primarily represented differences based on the FFM proportion (volleyball, basketball vs. softball, soccer). The second discriminant function represented differences based on the ECW proportion (softball vs. soccer). Although all of the members of the studied groups competed at elite professional levels, significant differences in the selected BC variables were found. The results of the present study may serve as normative values for comparison or target values for training purposes.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30306 - Sport and fitness sciences
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GPP407%2F11%2FP784" target="_blank" >GPP407/11/P784: Isokinetic muscular strength and muscle imbalances as the determinant of physical fitness, which can influence the quality of life among youth people</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Human Kinetics
ISSN
1640-5544
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
45
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
PL - POLAND
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
207-215
UT code for WoS article
000353159100021
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84927759585