Heliyon, 2022 Purpose: The structural appearance of each disabled athlete or the shape of their body, as determined by their individual genotype and influenced by the environment, considerably affects their technical and physical performance.
Moncef Cherif +6 more
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Low fat-free mass as a marker of mortality in community-dwelling healthy elderly subjects† [PDF]
, 2017 Background: low fat-free mass has been related to high mortality in patients. This study evaluated the relationship between body composition of healthy elderly subjects and mortality.
Genton, Laurence +4 more
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Improved recovery from prolonged exercise following the consumption of low glycemic index carbohydrate meals [PDF]
, 2005 The present study examined the effects of the glycemic index (GI) of post-exercise carbohydrate (CHO) intake on endurance capacity and the metabolic responses during exercise the following day. Nine active males participated in two trials in a randomised
McComb, Gareth +3 more
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A study of body composition and its association with disease severity in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in HUSM [PDF]
, 2011 Background: COPD is not just a disease of the lungs alone; it has systemic manifestations due to the underlying pathogenesis of inflammatory reaction.
Asmee, Mohammad Faisal
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Age and gender-related fat mass index and fat- free mass index patterns among adolescents in Surulere LGA, Lagos [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Percent body fat, fat mass and fat mass index are measures of body fat while fat free mass and fat free mass index measure lean mass. These measures of body composition vary with age and sex.Aim: To show the age-related patterns of measures ...
David, AN +3 more
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Body composition in patients with schizophrenia: Comparison with healthy controls
Annals of General Psychiatry, 2012 Background Recently, a relationship between obesity and schizophrenia has been reported. Although fat- mass and fat free mass have been shown to be more predictive of health risk than body mass index, there are limited findings about body composition ...
Sugawara Norio +8 more
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Overweight and obesity in a Swiss city: 10-year trends [PDF]
, 2017 Background Increased rates of overweight/obesity have been reported in recent years in developed countries. This population study of healthy subjects evaluated the changes in overweight/obesity prevalence in 2003, compared with 1993, and determined the ...
Genton, Laurence +3 more
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Daily L-leucine supplementation in novice trainees during a 12-week weight training program. [PDF]
, 2011 PURPOSE: To investigate the effects of daily oral L-leucine ingestion on strength, bone mineral-free lean tissue mass (LTM) and fat mass (FM) of free living humans during a 12-wk resistance-training program. METHODS: Twenty-six initially untrained men (n
Ispoglou, T +3 more
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BMC Public Health, 2012 Background Childhood obesity has become a major public health problem in China. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of age and sex on the relationship between fat-free mass (FFM) and fat mass (FM), fat-free mass index (FFMI) and fat ...
Xiong Kai-Yu +3 more
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Fatty liver in familial hypobetalipoproteinemia: Triglyceride assembly into VLDL particles is affected by the extent of hepatic steatosis [PDF]
, 2003 Familial hypobetalipoproteinemia (FHBL) subjects may develop fatty liver. Liver fat was assessed in 21 FHBL with six different apolipoprotein B (apoB) truncations (apoB-4 to apoB-89) and 14 controls by magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS).
Ackerman, J. +7 more
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