ANTHROPOMETRY AND BODY COMPOSITION IN

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ANTHROPOMETRY AND BODY COMPOSITION IN MALE
PHYSICALLY ACTIVE SUBJECTS AND ATH- LETES
PRACTICING SPORTS WITH DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS
Chiara Milanese1, Luisa Achille2, Raffaella
Mariotti3, Carlo Zancanaro1 (Faculty of Motor
Sciences Department of Morphological and
Biomedical Sciences, University of Verona1,
Faculty of Motor Sciences, University of Verona2,
Department of Morphological and Biomedical
Sciences, University of Verona3, Italy)
Anthropometric and body composition parameters
were investigated in thirty young adult male
sub-elite athletes practicing sports
characterized by different physical and metabolic
requirements namely, cycling (n10), swimming
(n10), and volleyball (n10). Physically active
subjects (n42) were the control. Skinfold
measurement (six sites) was used as a field
method to estimate body composition. Data were
analyzed with one-way ANOVA. Results show that
the subjects were significantly differ-ent group
wise for all the investigated parameters (weight,
plt0.0001 height, plt0.0001 BMI, plt0.012 sum of
skin-folds, plt0.004 percent body fat, plt0.002).
When between-group differences were considered
significantly higher height (plt0.0001) and weight
(plt0.002) were found in vol-leyball players, and
lower sum of skinfolds (plt0.003) and percent body
fat (plt0.002) values in cyclists in comparison
with controls. Cyclists had lower BMI, skinfold
thickness, and body fat fig-ures than subjects
practicing swimming or volleyball, but
differences were not statistically significant.
These data show that the physical
characteristics in our group of subjects tend to
segregate accordingly with the specific sport
code. However, body composition is signifi-cantly
affected in cyclists only i.e., subjects
exercising un-der extremely aerobic conditions.
Keywords Anthropometric Data, Body Composition,
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