Validation of assessments to accurately analyze the body composition of highly trained sitting volleyball players: A pilot study.

Autor: Ahmadi S; Department of Adapted Physical Activity, School of Physical Education, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil; Department of Family Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada; Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick, Université de Sherbrooke, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Electronic address: shirkooahmadi@yahoo.com., Lieberman LJ; Department of Kinesiology, State University of New York, College at Brockport, Brockport, United States., Ng K; Physical Activity for Health Research Cluster, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; School of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Eastern Finland, Finland., Oliveira RG; Department of Physical Education, University of Mogi das Cruzes, Mogi das Cruzes, SP, Brazil., Gutierrez GL; Department of Adapted Physical Activity, School of Physical Education, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil., Uchida MC; Department of Adapted Physical Activity, School of Physical Education, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of bodywork and movement therapies [J Bodyw Mov Ther] 2024 Jul; Vol. 39, pp. 531-535. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 24.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2024.03.032
Abstrakt: Body composition is a fundamental component of physical fitness related to the performance of Sitting volleyball (SV) players. Also, establishing the best method for evaluating the body composition of these para-athletes would be highly necessary for this field. The purpose of this study was (1) to describe the body composition of male and female highly trained SV players, (2) to compare the values obtained from this population by two different methods and (3) to establish validity on one of these methods. Thirteen Brazilian SV national team players (five males and eight females) participated in this study. The air-displacement plethysmography (ADP) method as the criterion assessment and the skinfolds (SF) method were conducted for each player. Results showed that there were no significant differences between the values of all players, which ADP and SF measured for body fat percentage (BF%) and body density (BD) (p > 0.05). We found significantly different values between male and female players for BF% by SF (p = 0.04) and BD by SF (p = 0.04). A high degree of reliability was found between ADP and SF measures for BF% and BD. There were statistically significant positive correlations between BF% and BD in all values for both methods (p < 0.01). This pilot study suggests that considering the magnitude of space, expense, and other limitations related to the ADP method against the SF method, we recommend using the SF method, which is a valid, viable and reliable method for measuring body composition in elite SV players.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest There are no known conflicts of interest associated with this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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