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Open Access 01-12-2016 | Research article

Concurrent agreement between an anthropometric model to predict thigh volume and dual-energy X-Ray absorptiometry assessment in female volleyball players aged 14-18 years

Authors: Óscar M. Tavares, João Valente-dos-Santos, João P. Duarte, Susana C. Póvoas, Luís A. Gobbo, Rômulo A. Fernandes, Daniel A. Marinho, José M. Casanova, Lauren B. Sherar, Daniel Courteix, Manuel J. Coelho-e-Silva

Published in: BMC Pediatrics | Issue 1/2016

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Abstract

Background

A variety of performance outputs are strongly determined by lower limbs volume and composition in children and adolescents. The current study aimed to examine the validity of thigh volume (TV) estimated by anthropometry in late adolescent female volleyball players. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) measures were used as the reference method.

Methods

Total and regional body composition was assessed with a Lunar DPX NT/Pro/MD+/Duo/Bravo scanner in a cross-sectional sample of 42 Portuguese female volleyball players aged 14–18 years (165.2 ± 0.9 cm; 61.1 ± 1.4 kg). TV was estimated with the reference method (TV-DXA) and with the anthropometric method (TV-ANTH). Agreement between procedures was assessed with Deming regression. The analysis also considered a calibration of the anthropometric approach.

Results

The equation that best predicted TV-DXA was: -0.899 + 0.876 × log10 (body mass) + 0.113 × log10 (TV-ANTH). This new model (NM) was validated using the predicted residual sum of squares (PRESS) method (R2 PRESS = 0.838). Correlation between the reference method and the NM was 0.934 (95%CI: 0.880–0.964, Sy∙x = 0.325 L).

Conclusions

A new and accurate anthropometric method to estimate TV in adolescent female volleyball players was obtained from the equation of Jones and Pearson alongside with adjustments for body mass.
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Metadata
Title
Concurrent agreement between an anthropometric model to predict thigh volume and dual-energy X-Ray absorptiometry assessment in female volleyball players aged 14-18 years
Authors
Óscar M. Tavares
João Valente-dos-Santos
João P. Duarte
Susana C. Póvoas
Luís A. Gobbo
Rômulo A. Fernandes
Daniel A. Marinho
José M. Casanova
Lauren B. Sherar
Daniel Courteix
Manuel J. Coelho-e-Silva
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Pediatrics / Issue 1/2016
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2431
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-016-0730-7

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