The Effects of the COVID-19 Environments on Changes in Body Composition in Japanese Elite Fencing Athlete
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Subjects
2.2. Anthropometric Measurements
2.3. Statistics
3. Results
3.1. Body Composition of Athletes among Three Fencing Disciplines at Baseline
3.2. Time-Course Changes in Body Compositions within Gender
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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2019 | 2020 | ||||||||||||
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Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | | Sep | Oct | ||
Men | Epee | M (baseline) | WC | WC GP | WC | GP | Emergency period | M (POST) | AJC | M (POST-4M) | |||
Saber | WC | GP | WC | WC | AJC | ||||||||
Foil | WC | WC | WC | WC GP | AJC | ||||||||
Women | Epee | WC | WC GP | WC | GP | AJC | |||||||
Saber | WC | WC | GP | WC | AJC | ||||||||
Foil | WC | WC | WC | WC GP | AJC |
Epee (n = 8) | Saber (n = 7) | Foil (n = 7) | p Values | |||||||
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Age (year) | 25.8 | ± | 4.5 | 28.1 | ± | 5.9 | 25.3 | ± | 4.4 | 0.517 |
Height (cm) | 178.6 | ± | 5.9 | 176.8 | ± | 4.3 | 179.8 | ± | 1.9 | 0.457 |
BM (kg) | 69.9 | ± | 5.2 | 74.3 | ± | 6.1 | 75.3 | ± | 4.5 | 0.130 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 21.9 | ± | 1.7 | 23.7 | ± | 1.3 | 23.3 | ± | 1.4 | 0.066 |
FFM (kg) | 61.7 | ± | 3.0 | 65.6 | ± | 5.8 | 64.3 | ± | 2.6 | 0.182 |
FM (kg) | 8.1 | ± | 2.5 | 8.7 | ± | 0.9 | 11.0 | ± | 3.0 | 0.076 |
FM% | 11.5 | ± | 2.9 | 11.8 | ± | 1.2 | 14.5 | ± | 3.2 | 0.077 |
Epee (n = 6) | Saber (n = 7) | Foil (n = 8) | p Values | |||||||
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Age (year) | 26.5 | ± | 5.2 | 25.0 | ± | 3.8 | 23.1 | ± | 3.6 | 0.341 |
Height (cm) | 167.1 | ± | 4.7 | 163.8 | ± | 3.8 | 162.1 | ± | 5.2 | 0.161 |
BM (kg) | 60.2 | ± | 3.6 | 59.9 | ± | 5.3 | 54.3 | ± | 5.7 | 0.066 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 21.6 | ± | 1.1 | 22.3 | ± | 1.6 | 20.6 | ± | 1.2 | 0.077 |
FFM (kg) | 47.5 | ± | 3.0 | 47.6 | ± | 2.8 | 42.9 | ± | 4.4 | 0.031 |
FM (kg) | 12.7 | ± | 2.4 | 12.3 | ± | 3.4 | 11.4 | ± | 2.4 | 0.917 |
FM% | 21.1 | ± | 3.6 | 20.3 | ± | 4.1 | 20.9 | ± | 3.3 | 0.919 |
Baseline | POST | POST-4M | p Values | |||||||
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Height | 178.9 | ± | 5.2 | 178.7 | ± | 4.9 | 178.9 | ± | 5.1 | - |
BM | 72.9 | ± | 5.7 | 73.1 | ± | 7.3 | 73.8 | ± | 7.3 | 0.343 |
BMI | 22.8 | ± | 1.4 | 22.9 | ± | 1.9 | 23.0 | ± | 1.7 | 0.480 |
FFM | 64.2 | ± | 4.9 | 63.8 | ± | 5.6 | 64.9 | ± | 6.3 | 0.134 |
FM | 8.7 | ± | 1.3 | 9.4 | ± | 2.7 | 9.0 | ± | 2.3 | 0.461 |
FM% | 11.9 | ± | 1.4 | 12.7 | ± | 2.9 | 12.1 | ± | 2.7 | 0.521 |
Baseline | POST | POST-4M | p Values | |||||||
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Height | 164.3 | ± | 4.0 | 164.2 | ± | 4.0 | 164.3 | ± | 3.9 | - |
BM | 59.1 | ± | 3.9 | 59.6 | ± | 4.2 | 58.7 | ± | 4.2 | 0.280 |
BMI | 21.9 | ± | 0.9 | 22.1 | ± | 1.0 | 21.7 | ± | 1.1 | 0.216 |
FFM | 46.6 | ± | 4.1 | 45.5 | ± | 4.0 | 46.3 | ± | 4.1 | 0.039 |
FM | 12.5 | ± | 2.1 a | 14.2 | ± | 1.6 b | 12.4 | ± | 2.1 a | 0.002 |
FM% | 21.2 | ± | 3.6 a | 23.8 | ± | 2.8 b | 21.2 | ± | 3.5 a | 0.001 |
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Yasuda, J.; Kondo, E.; Takai, E.; Eda, N.; Azuma, Y.; Motonaga, K.; Dohi, M.; Kamei, A. The Effects of the COVID-19 Environments on Changes in Body Composition in Japanese Elite Fencing Athlete. Sports 2021, 9, 95. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports9070095
Yasuda J, Kondo E, Takai E, Eda N, Azuma Y, Motonaga K, Dohi M, Kamei A. The Effects of the COVID-19 Environments on Changes in Body Composition in Japanese Elite Fencing Athlete. Sports. 2021; 9(7):95. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports9070095
Chicago/Turabian StyleYasuda, Jun, Emi Kondo, Eri Takai, Nobuhiko Eda, Yasuyuki Azuma, Keiko Motonaga, Michiko Dohi, and Akiko Kamei. 2021. "The Effects of the COVID-19 Environments on Changes in Body Composition in Japanese Elite Fencing Athlete" Sports 9, no. 7: 95. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports9070095