Body composition is a determinant of performance in soccer. To estimate the body fat percentage (%BF), dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) effective though this method expensive and not readily accessible. This study examines validity widely used field methods based on anthropometric data bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA). Participants were 21 male Spanish First Division soccer players ...

BACKGROUND Obesity is considered a chronic low-grade inflammatory disease that shares mediators of inflammation with psoriasis, such as TNF-α and IL-6. The relationship between these two conditions involves factors such as predisposition and response to therapy, in addition to an association with cardiovascular disease. OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence...

Background: To investigate the clinical values and relationships of bone turnover markers (BTMs), dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), quantitative computed tomodensitometry (QCT) in screening osteoporosis (OP) elderly Chinese males.

OBJECTIVES The prevalence of obesity and diabetes in the Middle East is among the highest in the world. Valid measures of abdominal adiposity are essential to understanding the metabolic consequences of obesity. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is increasingly being utilised to assess body composition in population studies, and has recently been used to estimate visceral adipose tissue (V...

An estimate of total body muscle mass with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA; appendicular muscle mass divided by 0.75) was compared with 24-h urinary creatinine excretion in 59 healthy men and women [20-30 yr (younger), 45-59 yr (middle age), and 60-79 yr (older)] who stayed in a clinical research center for 5 days. Total body water (2H2O dilution), fat (underwater weighing), bone mineral ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the applicability and validity of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) compared with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in a population of girls with restrictive anorexia nervosa (AN). METHODS A total of 30 girls (11-19 years old) with AN were enrolled. DXA and BIA (BIA software and the Deurenberg equations) were used to estimate the body composition. The correlati...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine reference values for sarcopenia indices using different methods in healthy Saudi young men. METHODS Participants included 232 Saudi men aged between 20 and 35 years. The study measured anthropometric indices, blood pressure, hand grip strength, and lean muscle mass using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), and bioelectrical impedance analy...

Reduced bone mineral density (BMD), the major risk factor for osteoporotic fracture, has been linked to palmoplantar pustular psoriasis, but no significant studies have examined BMD in chronic plaque psoriasis (CPP). In this study, in-patients with severe CPP had their BMD measured at the nondominant hip and lumbar spine using dual energy X-ray absorbtiometry. Ten male and 10 female Caucasian p...

OBJECTIVE We examined skeletal muscle (SM) and fat distribution using whole-body MRI in response to aerobic (AE) versus resistance exercise (RE) training in obese adolescents and whether DXA provides similar estimates of fat and SM change as MRI. DESIGN AND METHODS Thirty-nine obese boys (12-18 years) were randomly assigned to one of three 3-month interventions: AE (n = 14), RE (n = 14), or a...

Tracking changes in body composition may provide key information about the effectiveness of training programs for athletes. This study reports on agreement between bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) tracking during a seven-week offseason program 29 NCAA collegiate American football players. Body subjects (mean ± SD; age: 19.7 1.5 y; height: 179.8 6...