Body Composition and Segmental Bioimpedance Phase Angle in Elite Volleyball Players

Olivia Di Vincenzo, Maurizio Marra, Rosa Sammarco, Enza Speranza, Luca Scalfi

2019

Abstract

Because of the great interest in the evaluation of body composition (BC) in athletes, this study aimed to estimate BC variables like fat-free mass (FFM) and fat mass (FM) of volleyball players compared to a group of healthy subjects. 12 female volleyball players (VP, age 23.8 ± 3.6 years; weight 63.0 ± 5.1 kg; stature 170 ± 4 cm; BMI 21.9 ± 1.3 kg/m2) and 22 healthy females as control group (CG, age 23.6 ± 2.0 years; weight 60.7 ± 4.8 kg; stature 167 ± 5 cm; BMI 21.9 ± 1.3 kg/m2), participated to the study. BC was evaluated by skinfold thickness and whole-body and segmental bioimpedance analysis (BIA) measurements were assessed. BC resulted significantly different in VP than CG (FM (kg) = 15.7 ± 2.7 vs. 18.0 ± 3.0, p=0.036; FM (%) = 24.8 ± 3.0 vs. 29.5 ± 3.8, p=0.001; FFM (kg) = 47.4 ± 3.5 vs. 42.8 ± 3.6, p=0.001). These data confirm previous observations on FM % in VP. Moreover, assessing segmental BIA-derived phase se angle (PhA) appears to be sensible in these evaluations.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Di Vincenzo O., Marra M., Sammarco R., Speranza E. and Scalfi L. (2019). Body Composition and Segmental Bioimpedance Phase Angle in Elite Volleyball Players.In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS, ISBN 978-989-758-383-4, pages 113-116. DOI: 10.5220/0007945701130116

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsports19,
author={Olivia Di Vincenzo and Maurizio Marra and Rosa Sammarco and Enza Speranza and Luca Scalfi},
title={Body Composition and Segmental Bioimpedance Phase Angle in Elite Volleyball Players},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS,},
year={2019},
pages={113-116},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007945701130116},
isbn={978-989-758-383-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS,
TI - Body Composition and Segmental Bioimpedance Phase Angle in Elite Volleyball Players
SN - 978-989-758-383-4
AU - Di Vincenzo O.
AU - Marra M.
AU - Sammarco R.
AU - Speranza E.
AU - Scalfi L.
PY - 2019
SP - 113
EP - 116
DO - 10.5220/0007945701130116