Title
Reference values of the body composition of young chilean soccer players
Other title
Valores de referência da composição corporal de jovens futebolistas chilenos.
Valores de referencia de la composición corporal de jóvenes futbolistas chilenos.
Date Issued
2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Carrasco-López S.
de Arruda M.
Portella D.L.
Urzua-Alul L.A.
Universidad Católica del Maule
Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa
Universidad Católica del Maule
Publisher(s)
Redprint Editora Ltda
Abstract
Objective: To analyze whether fat mass (FM) and fat-free mass (FFM) should be evaluated by chronological age and/or biological age and propose curves to classify the body composition of young Chilean soccer players. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was developed. Six hundred and forty-two soccer players between 13.0 and 18.9 years of age were recruited. Body mass, height, trunk-cephalic height, and tricipital and subscapular skinfolds were evaluated. Biological maturation was determined using peak height velocity age (PHV) and the percentage of fat mass was estimated by regression equations. The reference percentiles were calculated using the LMS method. Results: The values of R2 were lower for chronological age (FM = 0.07% and FFM = 0.13%) than for biological age (FM = 0.31% and FFM = 0.50%). Eleven percentiles (p3, p5, p10, p15, p25, p50, p75, p85, p90, p95 and p97) were calculated for FFM and FM. Conclusion: Biological age (PHV) is a better predictor of FFM and FM than chronological age. The references proposed can be used to monitor the body composition of young Chilean soccer players. Level of Evidence II; Diagnostic Study.
Start page
161
End page
164
Volume
27
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias del deporte y la aptitud física
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85120850019
Source
Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte
ISSN of the container
15178692
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