Body composition and distribution of liquids in female elite handball players Cover Image

Telesné zloženie a distribúcia tekutín u vrcholových hádzanárok
Body composition and distribution of liquids in female elite handball players

Author(s): František Zahálka, Tomáš Malý, Lucia Malá, Martin Tůma, Jaroslav Teplan
Subject(s): Evaluation research, Sports Studies
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: body cell mass; fat free mass; fat mass; elite sport; handball; muscle imbalance;

Summary/Abstract: The topic of body composition in sport requires a great deal of attention. Excessive adipose tissue acts as a dead weight, especially in situations characteristic for handball – jumps, when body weight must be repeatedly lifted against gravity during locomotion and jumping. The purpose of the study was to determine body composition and distribution of liquids in individual body segments in a national team of female handball players (n = 16, age 24,0±3,5 years, body height 176,0±6,5 cm, body weight 72,5±8,3 kg). Body composition was measured by means of a multifrequency bioimpedance method InBody (Biospace).

  • Issue Year: 6/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 99-106
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Slovak