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Validity of the BOD POD(reg) for assessing body composition in male high school athletes

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2006
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The purpose of the present study was to cross-validate the BOD POD (BP) measurements of male high school athletes with those obtained from hydrostatic weighing (HW). Additionally, the percent body fat values measured via near-infrared interactance (NIR), bioelectrical impedance (BIA) and skinfold (SF) were compared to HW to determine the validity of these measures. Thirty male, high school athletes (mean age +/- SD = 15.8 +/- 1.0 yrs) volunteered to have their % fat estimated. The findings from the present study indicated that the NIR and BIA instruments resulted in total error values that were too large to be of practical value (TE = 11.0 and TE = 6.5% fat, respectively). The BP (TE = 3.8% fat) produced acceptable measures (TE < 4.0% fat), but compared to all SF (TE = < 3.5% fat) estimations, BP was higher. These data suggest that the BP can produce acceptable body fat measures for male high school athletes, but is not superior to SF.
Title: Validity of the BOD POD(reg) for assessing body composition in male high school athletes.
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Name(s): Moon, Jordan R.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
O'Kroy, Joseph A., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 2006
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 43 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The purpose of the present study was to cross-validate the BOD POD (BP) measurements of male high school athletes with those obtained from hydrostatic weighing (HW). Additionally, the percent body fat values measured via near-infrared interactance (NIR), bioelectrical impedance (BIA) and skinfold (SF) were compared to HW to determine the validity of these measures. Thirty male, high school athletes (mean age +/- SD = 15.8 +/- 1.0 yrs) volunteered to have their % fat estimated. The findings from the present study indicated that the NIR and BIA instruments resulted in total error values that were too large to be of practical value (TE = 11.0 and TE = 6.5% fat, respectively). The BP (TE = 3.8% fat) produced acceptable measures (TE < 4.0% fat), but compared to all SF (TE = < 3.5% fat) estimations, BP was higher. These data suggest that the BP can produce acceptable body fat measures for male high school athletes, but is not superior to SF.
Identifier: 9780542739262 (isbn), 13364 (digitool), FADT13364 (IID), fau:10214 (fedora)
Note(s): College of Education
Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2006.
Subject(s): Athletes
Anthropometry--Methodology
Human body--Composition--Measurement
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