Development of predictive equations for body density of sumo wrestlers using B-mode ultrasound for the determination of subcutaneous fat thickness

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 144-148

  Saito, K ^b   Nakaji, S ^a   Umeda, T ^a   Shimoyama, T ^a   Sugawara, K ^a   Yamamoto, Y ^b  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON SPORT SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; B SCAN; BIOENERGY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DENSITY; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREDICTION; SPORT; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THICKNESS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WRESTLING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WRESTLING;

EID: 0344838355     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.37.2.144     Document Type: Article

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