MRI evaluation of body composition changes in wrestlers undergoing rapid weight loss
| Autor: | Takeshi Kukidome, Junjiro Kubo, K Shirai, Y Matsushima, K Aizawa, T Homma, O Yanagisawa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Body water Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Body weight Body fat percentage Young Adult Animal science Weight loss Weight Loss medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Wrestling Muscle Skeletal medicine.diagnostic_test Rapid weight loss business.industry Body Weight Magnetic resonance imaging General Medicine Magnetic Resonance Imaging Trunk Surgery Body Composition Composition (visual arts) medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Sports Medicine. 42:514-518 |
| ISSN: | 0306-3674 |
| Popis: | Purpose: Changes in body composition of college wrestlers undergoing rapid weight reduction were evaluated over time using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Methods: We evaluated 12 wrestlers (male, 18–22 years of age) who participated in Japan’s 2005 intercollegiate wrestling tournament. For this study, MRI (of the right femoral region and the trunk), as well as measurements of body weight, body fat percentage and body water content, were performed one month and one week prior to the weigh-in, on the day of the weigh-in, on the day of the match (after the match), and one week after the weigh-in. A survey of food and fluid intake was also conducted. Results: Several variables were significantly lower on the day of the weigh-in than one month prior: body weight (p |
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