Active mass quality and segmental distribution of body fluids as a precondition for performance in top-performance female basketball players Cover Image

Kvalita aktívnej hmoty a segmentálna distribúcia tekutín v tele ako predpoklad výkonu u elitných basketbalistiek
Active mass quality and segmental distribution of body fluids as a precondition for performance in top-performance female basketball players

Author(s): Aleš Kaplan, Jaroslav Teplan, František Zahálka, Tomáš Malý, Lucia Malá
Subject(s): Evaluation research, Sports Studies
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: body composition; fat free mass; muscle mass; fat mass; intracellular water;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents active mass quality (fat free mass, muscle mass) and segmental distribution of body fluids as a prerequisite of performance in elite female basketball players, silvermedallists at 2010 World Championship. The collected data indicated the level of fat free mass (60.96±5.35 kg) and muscle mass (57.07±5.0 kg) at the level of elite athletes. Fat mass showed lower percentage proportion than it is presented by available literature (14.34±2.37 %). Based on the gained data, it is not possible to definitely express a trend in proportion for individual playing positions. Segmental distribution of body fluids revealed a symmetry in favour of a dominant upper limb (p < 0.01), whichindicatetheneed to perform exercises in order to compensate the detected bilateral deficit. In conclusion, the authors discuss the necessity of continual monitoring changes in body composition quality in terms of monitoring individual components of water or directly and indirectly measurable parameters in bioimpedance measurement, respectively.

  • Issue Year: 7/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 15-21
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Slovak