The regional placement of bone mineral mass, fat mass, and lean soft tissue mass in young adult Rugby Union players
Author
Bell, Bill
Cobner, Darrell
Eston, R G
Evans, W.D.
Date
2005-09-01Publisher
Taylor and Francis
ISSN
1366-5847
Metadata
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The body composition of athletes is generally interpreted in terms of total body fat only. Little attention has been given to components such as bone mineral mass and lean soft-tissue mass. The present study analysed and discussed the regional distribution of these components as they affected young adult Rugby Union players compared with control subjects. The nature of the findings has implications for sports medicine, talent identification and development, fitness and conditioning, and sports performance. Bell designed the study, contributed to data collection/analysis and wrote the manuscript.
Journal/conference proceeding
Ergonomics
Citation
48 (11-14), pp.1462-1472
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