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8531632

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-2-1
pubmed:abstractText
The present investigation examined the validity of 16 skinfold equations for predicting body density (BD) in youth wrestlers (mean age +/- SD = 11.0 +/- 1.3 yr) by comparing the values to those obtained from underwater weighing. Forty-eight members of youth wrestling clubs (mean BD +/- SD = 1.0634 +/- 0.0125 g.cm-3) volunteered to serve as subjects. The statistical analyses included examination of the constant error (CE), standard error of estimate (SEE), correlation coefficient (r), and total error (TE). The results of this investigation indicated that all of the equations resulted in TE values that were > or = 0.0106 g.cm-3 (range = 0.0106-0.0229 g.cm-3) which corresponded to > or = 4.9% body fat. The TE values were too large to provide accurate estimates of body composition in the present sample of youth wrestlers. Future studies should use the CE values from the present investigation to adjust the intercepts of the skinfold equations in the present study and cross-validate the modified equations on young male athletes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0195-9131
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1321-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Validity of skinfold equations for estimating body density in youth wrestlers.
pubmed:affiliation
Exercise Science Department, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article