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There is lack of information about bone mineralization at the lumbar spine and bilateral hips of athletes with unilateral lower limb amputation. The present study assessed for the first time the areal bone mineral density at the lumbar spine and at the ...
Valentina Cavedon +4 more
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Body Composition in Karate: A Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry Study
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 +3 more
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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 +4 more
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Effects of once-weekly semaglutide vs once-daily canagliflozin on body composition in type 2 diabetes:a substudy of the SUSTAIN 8 randomised, controlled clinical trial [PDF]
Aims/hypothesis: Intra-abdominal or visceral obesity is associated with insulin resistance and an increased risk for cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to compare the effects of semaglutide 1.0 mg and canagliflozin 300 mg on body composition in a ...
Catarig, Andrei-Mircea +6 more
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Advanced Body Composition Assessment: From Body Mass Index to Body Composition Profiling [PDF]
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 Earlier published studies of this method are summarized, and a previously unpublished validation study, based on 4753 subjects from the UK Biobank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 +6 more
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Body image perception and body composition: assessment of perception inconsistency by a new index [PDF]
BACKGROUND: A correct perception of the body image, as defined by comparison with actual anthropometric analyses, is crucial to ensure the best possible nutritional status of each individual.
Bramanti, B. +4 more
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Pathways to interleukin-6 in healthy males and serious leisure male athletes: physical activity, body composition and age. [PDF]
Physical activity (PA) is beneficial to overall health, in part due to physiological changes that lower risk factors for cardiovascular disease, including reduced inflammation. However, the mechanism by which PA reduces inflammation is unclear.
Brecht, Mary-Lynn +2 more
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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 +3 more
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Effects of a ketogenic diet on body composition and strength in trained women
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 +6 more
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Recreational dance is practiced worldwide as a multidimensional physical activity with a potential for prevention of a sedentary lifestyle and overweight/obesity.
Chiara Milanese +4 more
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