Anthropometric obesity indices, body fat percentage, and grip strength in young adults with different physical activity levels
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Tarih
2019
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MDPI Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
The purposes of this study were to determine whether moderately physically active (MPA) and highly physically active (HPA) male (n = 96, age = 22.5 ± 1.7 years) and female (n = 85, age = 21.3 ± 1.6 years) young adults differed in their anthropometric obesity indices (AOIs), body fat percentage (BF%), and muscular strength, and also to examine the associations between physical activity level (PAL) and the abovementioned variables. Participants were measured for body height and weight, BF%, waist and hip circumferences, and maximal isometric grip strength. According to their PAL, estimated by the short version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, they were assigned to MPA and HPA subgroups. Regardless of gender, results indicated that participants in the MPA groups had significantly higher values of body weight, waist and hip circumference, BF%, and BMI than participants in the HPA groups. No significant differences were found between physical activity groups in terms of grip strength. The AOIs and BF% were found to be significantly and negatively correlated with the PAL in both genders. In conclusion, the findings of the study suggest that high habitual physical activity is associated with lower adiposity markers. However, the differences in the hand grip strength of the contrasting activity groups were negligible. © 2019 by the authors.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Body composition, Grip strength, Obesity indices, Physical activity
Kaynak
Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
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Q2
Cilt
4
Sayı
3
