Measurement reliability and precision of anthropometric measures for the estimation of whole body density in professional football players

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Author
Mills, Claire D.
Cooper, Stephen-Mark
De Ste Croix, Mark
James, David V.
Date
2020-10-15Acceptance date
2020-09-09
Type
Article
ISSN
2690-487x
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Introduction: It is not uncommon to encounter measurement reliability issues, yet when they are required to develop practical
calibration models to estimate whole body density the reliability of anthropometric measures is imperative.
Materials and Methods: Data was gathered from n=206 male professional footballers ( ±s; age = 24.1±5.4 years, body mass =
78.8±8.4 kg and stretched stature = 180.1±7.0 cm). Reliability of n=28 anthropometric variables (skinfolds, girths, breadths, depths,
widths, residual lung volume, air displacement plethysmography and hydrostatic weighing) was investigated by applying Technical
Error of Measurement (TEM%) and the Limits of Agreement (LoA) method.
Results: TEM% indicated a range of 6.5-1.0% and 3.8-0.6% and the study’s a priori criterion was set at ±3.8% for LoA and were
statistically significant (P < 0.001). The contentious measurements of the iliac crest, supraspinale and anterior thigh skinfold, chest
and hip girth and biiliocristal breadth indicated z scores values for R2 between 0.006-0.022% and exhibited significant bias (P=<
0.05) and possible heteroscedasticity issues with highest r values of 0.611 and R2
(%) coefficients of 37.3%.
Discussion: Test-retest values demonstrated agreement and reliability to be of practical use with this population.
Journal/conference proceeding
Open Access Journal of Biomedical Science;
Citation
Mills, Claire D , Cooper, Stephen-Mark, De Ste Croix, Mark B and James, David V (2020) 'Measurement reliability and precision of anthropometric measures for the estimation of whole body density in professional football players', Open Access Journal of Biomedical Science, 3 (1). pp. 658-666. OAJBS.ID.000227
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Article published in Open Access Journal of Biomedical Science available at https://biomedscis.com/pdf/OAJBS.ID.000227.pdf
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Cardiff Metropolitan University (Grant ID: Cardiff Metropolian (Internal))
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