Body composition in international sprint swimmers : are there any relations with performance?

Dopsaj, Milivoj (avtor), Zuoziene, Ilona Judita (avtor), Milić, Radoje (avtor), Cherepov, Evgeni (avtor), Erlikh, Vadim (avtor), Masiulis, Nerijus (avtor), Nino, Andrea di (avtor), Vodičar, Janez (avtor)

The paper addresses relations between the characteristics of body composition in international sprint swimmers and sprint performance. The research included 82 swimmers of international level (N = 46 male and N = 36 female athletes) from 8 countries. We measured body composition using multifrequency bioelectrical impedance methods with “InBody 720” device. In the case of male swimmers, it was established that the most important statistically significant correlation with sprint performance is seen in variables, which define the quantitative relationship between their fat and muscle with the contractile potential of the body (Protein-Fat Index, r = 0.392, p = 0.007; Index of Body Composition, r = 0.392, p = 0.007; Percent of Skeletal Muscle Mass, r = 0.392, p = 0.016). In the case of female athletes, statistically significant relations with sprint performance were established for variables that define the absolute and relative amount of a contractile component in the body, but also with the variables that define the structure of body fat characteristics (Percent of Skeletal Muscle Mass, r = 0.732, p = 0.000; Free Fat Mass, r = 0.702, p = 0.000; Fat Mass Index, r = −0.642, p = 0.000; Percent of Body Fat, r = −0.621, p = 0.000). Using Multiple Regression Analysis, we managed to predict swimming performance of sprint swimmers with the help of body composition variables, where the models defined explained 35.1 and 75.1% of the mutual variability of performance, for male and female swimmers, respectively. This data clearly demonstrate the importance of body composition control in sprint swimmers as a valuable method for monitoring the efficiency of body adaptation to training process in order to optimize competitive performance.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: sport, swimmers, sprint swimmers, body composition, result prediction, body fat, skeletal muscle mass
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FŠ - Fakulteta za šport
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2020
• Št. strani: 14 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 17, iss. 24, art. 9464
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-134671
• UDK: 797.21
• ISSN pri članku: 1660-4601
• DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17249464
• COBISS.SI-ID: 43302915
• Datum objave v RUL: 25.01.2022

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: International journal of environmental research and public health
• Skrajšan naslov: Int. j. environ. res. public health
• Založnik: MDPI
• ISSN: 1660-4601
• COBISS.SI-ID: 1818965

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.
• Začetek licenciranja: 17.12.2020

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: šport, plavanje, šprint, plavalci, telesne značilnosti, predvidevanje rezultata, telesna sestava, kostno mišična masa

Projekti

• Financer: MESTD - Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Republic of Serbia
• Program financ.: Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)
• Številka projekta: 47015
• Naslov: Effects of the Applied Physical Activity to Locomotor, Metabolic, Psycho-Social and Educational Status of the Population of the Republic of Serbia