ArticleSports (Basel, Switzerland)2020
A New Strategy to Integrate Heath-Carter Somatotype Assessment with Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Elite Soccer Player.
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- Body Composition of Male Professional Soccer Players Using Different Measurement Methods: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Mapping Scientific Knowledge on Body Composition and Anthropometry in Soccer: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Last 35 Years (1990-2025).Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- From Science to Dressing Room: Dietary Supplements for Elite Soccer Performance.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Review
- Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Professional and Semi-Professional Football: A Scoping Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Bioimpedance assessment of body composition in the first adulthood period of somatic types residing in highland.Journal of electrical bioimpedance · 2024Article
- How Do Football Playing Positions Differ in Body Composition? A First Insight into White Italian Serie A and Serie B Players.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2023Article
- A New Strategy for Somatotype Assessment Using Bioimpedance Analysis: Stratification According to Sex.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Easy-to-apply and quick methods for evaluate body composition are often preferred when assessing soccer teams. This study aimed to develop new equations for the somatotype quantification that would reduce the anthropometric measurements required by the Heath and Carter method, integrating the somatotype assessment to the bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA). One hundred and seventy-six male elite soccer players (age 26.9 ± 4.5 years), registered in the Italian first division (Serie A), underwent anthropometric measurements and BIA. Endomorphy, mesomorphy, and ectomorphy were obtained according to the Heath and Carter method, while fat mass (FM) and fat free mass (FFM) estimated using a BIA-derived equation specific for athletes. The participants were randomly split into development (
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