Body composition of italian female hockey players
| Autor: | P Pavan, S Sanna, G Vona, SI Piras, MC Calò |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Field hockey Anthropometry business.industry Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation field hockey Sitting height athletes lcsh:Biology (General) Physiology (medical) Physical therapy medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Bioimpedence analyses lcsh:Sports medicine lcsh:RC1200-1245 Training program business lcsh:QH301-705.5 human activities Bioelectrical impedance analysis |
| Zdroj: | Biology of Sport, Vol 26, Iss 1, Pp 23-31 (2009) |
| ISSN: | 2083-1862 0860-021X |
| Popis: | Objective: In this work the anthropometric features and the body composition of Italian hockey players, members of the Female National team, were analysed. The purpose of the research was to verify if morphological features could influence the performance of different positional groups. Materials and Methods: Each player was measured for her total and sitting height, weight, 9 skinfolds thickness and bioelectrical impedance analysis. Different equations were used to calculate the Fat% from skinfolds thickness. Results: Average height is not a crucial advantage for this sport. On the contrary the proportion trunk-limb seems to play an important role for the performance of the midfield players. Percentage of body fat of the hockey players was lower than the Fat% of the non-athletes women of the same age. Significant differences were found between Fat% determined by skinfolds thickness and Fat% obtained by bioelectrical impedance analysis. Conclusions: The results of this study indicate that there are significant differences in anthropometric features and in body composition between positional groups, stressing the importance of a specific training program. Keywords: field hockey, bioelectrical impedance, skinfolds thickness, anthropometry. (Biol.Sport 26:23-31, 2009) |
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