Body fat percentage comparisons between four methods in young football players: are they comparable?
Author(s) -
Gabriel LozanoBerges,
Ángel Matute-Llorente,
Alejandro GómezBruton,
Alejandro González de Agüero,
Germán VicenteRodríguez,
José A. Casajús
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
nutrición hospitalaria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1699-5198
pISSN - 0212-1611
DOI - 10.20960/nh.760
Subject(s) - anthropometry , bioelectrical impedance analysis , body fat percentage , medicine , population , limits of agreement , athletes , heteroscedasticity , fat mass , mathematics , demography , physical therapy , zoology , body mass index , nuclear medicine , statistics , biology , environmental health , sociology
Dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), air displacement plethysmography (ADP), bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and anthropometry are four body composition methods that have been frequently used for the assessment of body fat percentage (%BF) in athletes. However, the agreement between these methods has not been studied yet in adolescent football players.
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