A comparison of fat mass and skeletal muscle mass estimation in male ultra-endurance athletes using bioelectrical impedance analysis and different anthropometric methods;Comparación de la masa grasa y muscular estimada en atletas varones de ultra-resistencia utilizando la bioimpedancia eléctrica y diferentes métodos antropométricos

Nutricion Hospitalaria

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1420-1427

  Knechtle, B ^a,b   Wirth, A ^b   Knechtle, P ^b   Rosemann, T ^a   Rust C A ^a   Bescos R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Gesundheitszentrum ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Athlete; Body composition; Body fat; Skeletal muscle mass

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDURANCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWIMMING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETES; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWIMMING;

EID: 84858193033     PISSN: 02121611     EISSN: 16995198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3305/nh.2011.26.6.5312     Document Type: Article

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