Anthropometric Profile Assessed by Bioimpedance and Anthropometry Measures of Male and Female Rugby Players Competing in the Spanish National League
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Título: | Anthropometric Profile Assessed by Bioimpedance and Anthropometry Measures of Male and Female Rugby Players Competing in the Spanish National League |
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Autor/es: | Ramos-Álvarez, Juan José | Montoya, Juan José | Solís-Mencia, Cristian | Miguel-Tobal, Francisco | López-Tapia, Paola | Sánchez-Oliver, Antonio J. | Domínguez, Raúl | Martínez Sanz, José Miguel |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Grupo de Investigación en Alimentación y Nutrición (ALINUT) |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería |
Palabras clave: | Anthropometry | Body composition | Exercise | BIA | Team sport |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Enfermería |
Fecha de publicación: | 10-dic-2021 |
Editor: | MDPI |
Cita bibliográfica: | Ramos-Álvarez JJ, Montoya JJ, Solís-Mencia C, Miguel-Tobal F, López-Tapia P, Sánchez-Oliver AJ, Domínguez R, Martínez-Sanz JM. Anthropometric Profile Assessed by Bioimpedance and Anthropometry Measures of Male and Female Rugby Players Competing in the Spanish National League. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11(24):11759. https://doi.org/10.3390/app112411759 |
Resumen: | Different rugby positions make different demands on players. It therefore follows that optimum body composition may vary according to the position played. Using anthropometry and bioimpedance analysis (BIA) to assess body composition, the present study aimed to compare the effect of sex and position on body composition variables using anthropometry and BIA methods. A total of 100 competitive rugby players (35 women and 65 men) competing in the First Spanish National League were recruited voluntarily and for convenience for this study. In the laboratory, body composition was assessed by anthropometry, following the recommendations established by the International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK), and by direct segmental multi-frequency BIA, following the guidelines established by the Spanish Group of Kinanthropometry (GREC) of the Spanish Federation of Sports Medicine (FEMEDE). We found sex-related differences in height, weight, body mass index and body fat (%) by anthropometry and in body lean mass (%) by DSM-BIA, in 4 of the 6 skinfolds assessed (p < 0.05). We also observed position-related differences in all the variables assessed (p < 0.05) except for lean body mass, as measured by both methods of determining body composition, and front thigh skinfold. Body composition and ∑6skinfolds differs according to sex and playing position, backs (16.6 ± 3.8% and 92.3 ± 33.9 mm,) vs. forwards (20.0 ± 6.7 and 115.3 ± 37.6 mm), and the muscle-adipose (meso-endomorphic somatotype) development predominated in both sexes. Thus, forwards of both sexes are taller, heavier and fatter, possibly due to the specific demands of this position. In addition, body composition measurements vary according to the method used (DSM-BIA vs. anthropometry), indicating that anthropometry is probably the best body composition assessment method. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/120124 |
ISSN: | 2076-3417 |
DOI: | 10.3390/app112411759 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.3390/app112411759 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - ALINUT - Artículos de Revistas |
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