Bioelectrical impedance vector analysis (BIVA) to evaluate seasonal variations in body composition of elite soccer playe
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Bioelectrical impedance vector analysis (BIVA) to evaluate seasonal variations in body composition of elite soccer players Angelini Bonuccelli1,2*, Fabrizio Marzatico3, Gianluca Stesina2, Luca Stefanini2, Daniela Buonocore3, Sara Rucci3, Fabrizio Tencone2, Luca Gatteschi4, Fabrizio Angelini1,2 From International Society of Sports Nutrition: 8th Annual ISSN Conference and Expo Las Vegas, NV, USA. 24-25 June 2011 Background The body composition and its variation in time can affect the performances of soccer players. The body composition measuring techniques are based on a quantitative approach founded on indirect estimations of fat mass and lean body mass. The BIVA allows us to directly see the athlete’s body composition by means of impedance vector measuring (Z vector), irrespective of weigh and body hydration status. The BIVA can classify hydration and mass variations of the soft tissues and recent observations testify that the higher the soccer player’s level, the larger the quantity of soft tissue. The purpose of this study is to observe the season variations of the soft tissues, as an indirect estimation of the nutritional condition of Italian Serie A elite male soccer players.
a more favourable condition of the soft tissues (hydration and/or mass) in the subsequent months: a) T1, T3T6 e T10 in respect to T0; b) T2, T8 e T10 in respect to T3; c) T10 in respect to T5; d) T10 in respect to T8.
Conclusion The BIVA seems to be a promising and useful means of body composition analysis for elite soccer players, at least in terms of variation of soft tissues (mass and hydration). Author details 1 Society of Sport Nutrition and Wellness. 2Medical Staff, Juventus FC, Turin, Italy. 3Laboratory of Pharmacobiochemistry, Nutrition and Nutriceuticals of Health, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy. 4Italian Football Federation Medical Department, Coverciano, Florence, Italy. Published: 7 November 2011
Methods Resistance and reactance of the impedance vector (Z vector) were measured at 50 kHz (BIA 101 RJL, Akern Bioresearch, Florence, Italy) for a total of 18 players 27.6 ± 4.9 of age (Average ± DS) during a whole season. Inactive players, due to injury, were not tested. Tests were performed at the beginning(T0), at the end of the preseason training (T1), and afterwards every month (T2-T10) till the end of the championship. Eleven measurements were performed in total.
doi:10.1186/1550-2783-8-S1-P37 Cite this article as: Bonuccelli et al.: Bioelectrical impedance vector analysis (BIVA) to evaluate seasonal variations in body composition of elite soccer players. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 2011 8(Suppl 1):P37.
Results The position of the average impedance vector significantly diverged (Hotelling T2 test, p < 0.001), indicating * Correspondence: [email protected] 1 Society of Sport Nutrition and Wellness Full list of author information is available at the end of the article © 2011 Bonuccelli et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article d
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