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Body Composition in Karate: A Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry Study

Applied Sciences, 2022
Karate is a widely practiced combat sport. Karatekas’ body composition has typically been obtained in small groups using skinfolds or bioelectric impedance. In this work, we assessed three-compartment body composition using the accurate dual-energy X-ray
Valentina Cavedon, Chiara Milanese, Franco Sacristani, Carlo Zancanaro   +3 more
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Improved precision of 3-dimensional optical imaging for anthropometric measurement using non-rigid avatar reconstruction and parameterized body model fitting

Clinical Nutrition Open Science, 2023
Summary: Background: Three-dimensional optical imaging for digital anthropometry and body composition estimation is increasingly available to health professionals and individual consumers. The purpose of the present analysis was to examine the precision
Grant M. Tinsley, Patrick S. Harty, Madelin R. Siedler, Matthew T. Stratton, Christian Rodriguez   +4 more
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Advanced Body Composition Assessment: From Body Mass Index to Body Composition Profiling [PDF]

Journal of Investigative Medicine, 2018
This paper gives a brief overview of common non-invasive techniques for body composition analysis and a more in-depth review of a body composition assessment method based on fat-referenced quantitative MRI. Earlier published studies of this method are summarized, and a previously unpublished validation study, based on 4753 subjects from the UK Biobank
Magnus Borga, Janne West, Jimmy D Bell, Nicholas C Harvey, Thobias Romu, Steven B Heymsfield, Olof Dahlqvist Leinhard   +6 more
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Evaluation of a Proposal for Movement Integration in the Teaching–Learning Process in Early Childhood Education

Children, 2022
Physical activity is essential to child development, but studies show that children are increasingly inactive. Due to schools being considered privileged environments to promote physical activity, the aim of this study was to increase the physical ...
Adriana Nielsen-Rodríguez, Ramón Romance, Juan Carlos Dobado-Castañeda, Francisco Javier Gil-Espinosa   +3 more
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Effects of a ketogenic diet on body composition and strength in trained women

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2020
Background The effect of ketogenic diets (KD) on body composition in different populations has been investigated. More recently, some have recommended that athletes adhere to ketogenic diets in order to optimize changes in body composition during ...
Salvador Vargas-Molina, Jorge L. Petro, Ramón Romance, Richard B. Kreider, Brad J. Schoenfeld, Diego A. Bonilla, Javier Benítez-Porres   +6 more
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The Limited Impact of Low-Volume Recreational Dance on Three-Compartment Body Composition and Apparent Bone Mineral Density in Young Girls

Children, 2022
Recreational dance is practiced worldwide as a multidimensional physical activity with a potential for prevention of a sedentary lifestyle and overweight/obesity.
Chiara Milanese, Valentina Cavedon, Ilaria Peluso, Elisabetta Toti, Carlo Zancanaro   +4 more
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Digital anthropometry for body circumference measurements: Toward the development of universal three‐dimensional optical system analysis software

Obesity Science & Practice, 2021
Background/Objective Digital anthropometric (DA) assessments are increasingly being administered with three‐dimensional (3D) optical devices in clinical settings that manage patients with obesity and related metabolic disorders.
Sima Sobhiyeh, Samantha Kennedy, Alexander Dunkel, Marcelline E. Dechenaud, Jerome A. Weston, John Shepherd, Peter Wolenski, Steven B. Heymsfield   +7 more
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The Acute Effects of a Relative Dose of Pre-Sleep Protein on Recovery Following Evening Resistance Exercise in Active Young Men

Sports, 2021
The purpose of the present study was to assess the acute effects of pre-sleep consumption of isocaloric casein protein (CP), CP and whey protein (BLEND), or non-caloric control (CTRL) at a dose relative to lean body mass (LBM) on recovery following an ...
Juliana V. Costa, J. Max Michel, Takudzwa A. Madzima   +2 more
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Effects of two pre-workout supplements on concentric and eccentric force production during lower body resistance exercise in males and females: a counterbalanced, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2017
Background Pre-workout supplements purportedly enhance feelings of energy, reduce fatigue and improve exercise performance. The purpose of this study was to examine the performance effects of caffeinated and non-caffeinated multi-ingredient pre-workout ...
Grant M. Tinsley, Matthew A. Hamm, Amy K. Hurtado, Austin G. Cross, Jose G. Pineda, Austin Y. Martin, Victor A. Uribe, Ty B. Palmer   +7 more
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Body Composition: Overview [PDF]

The Journal of Nutrition, 1999
The following is a listing of body composition techniques now available, together with a brief description of the underlying assumptions and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
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