Body Composition of Elite Female Players in Five Different Sports Games

• Authors: Lucia Mala , Tomas Maly , František Zahalka , Vaclav Bunc , Ales Kaplan , Radim Jebavy , Martin Tuma
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

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 (α), 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, η2 = 0.407). The results did not indicate any significant differences in FMP or α 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.

Keywords

EN

testing; females; fat mass; fat-free mass; athletes; bioimpedance analysis

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Journal of Human Kinetics
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 207-215

Dates

published

1 - 3 - 2015

online

7 - 4 - 2015

Contributors

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Lucia Mala

• Sport Research Center, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

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Tomas Maly

• Sport Research Center, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

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František Zahalka

• Sport Research Center, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

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Vaclav Bunc

• Sport Research Center, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

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Ales Kaplan

• Department of track and field, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

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Radim Jebavy

• Department of track and field, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

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Martin Tuma

• Department of sports games, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/hukin-2015-0021