Body Composition, Performance and Health among Young Athletes
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Exercise and Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 15863
Special Issue Editors
Interests: body composition; young athletes; exercise as medicine; physical activity; sport; youth sport; cardiovascular health
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Interests: kinanthropometry; bioelectrical impedance analysis; physical activity; physical activity measurement; exercise; body composition; BIA vector analysis; sport; maturity offset
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The study of body composition is experiencing increased attention and interest in the scientific community. Furthermore, there is an ever-growing number of applications for this form of research within the world of exercise and sports science.
Initially, the focus on this issue involved the quantitative estimation of fat mass. It is now known how different tissues—such as adipose and muscle tissues—affect both health and performance through complex signaling pathways.
Currently, numerous specific tools are available for the assessment of human body composition. However, our bodies are made up from various different tissues; therefore, research projects should be led by both the purpose and the methodology used to assess body composition.
In particular, a current topic of research interest includes the assessment of body composition in young athletes: performance, health and state of maturation are correlated on the basis of the existing relationship with the specific body compartments analyzed.
The purpose of this collection of research is to contribute information regarding:
- the effect of body composition on health and performance during youth;
- the relationship between body composition and state of maturity;
- the effect of sport on body composition and on the state of maturation.
Dr. Gabriele Mascherini
Dr. Pascal Izzicupo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Anthropometry
- Youth sport
- Fat mass
- Maturity
- Bone density
- Hydration status
- Growth
- Fat-free mass
- DEXA
- Bioelectrical impedance analysis.
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