Assessment of body composition in athletes: A narrative review of available methods with special reference to quantitative and qualitative bioimpedance analysis

F Campa, S Toselli, M Mazzilli, LA Gobbo, G Coratella - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Body composition is acknowledged as a determinant of athletic health and performance. Its
assessment is crucial in evaluating the efficiency of a diet or aspects related to the nutritional …

New frontiers of body composition in sport

H Lukaski, CJ Raymond-Pope - International journal of sports …, 2021 - thieme-connect.com
The body composition phenotype of an athlete displays the complex interaction among
genotype, physiological and metabolic demands of a sport, diet, and physical training …

Reference values for the phase angle of the electrical bioimpedance: Systematic review and meta-analysis involving more than 250,000 subjects

R Mattiello, MA Amaral, E Mundstock, PK Ziegelmann - Clinical nutrition, 2020 - Elsevier
Background & aims The bioimpedence phase angle has been considered as a predictor for
morbidity and mortality in different clinical situations, although reference values from a large …

Bioelectrical impedance analysis versus reference methods in the assessment of body composition in athletes

F Campa, LA Gobbo, S Stagi, LT Cyrino… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The present systematic review aimed to compare the accuracy of Bioelectrical Impedance
Analysis (BIA) and Bioelectrical Impedance Vector Analysis (BIVA) vs. reference methods for …

Phase angle and bioelectrical impedance vector analysis in the evaluation of body composition in athletes

E Marini, F Campa, R Buffa, S Stagi, CN Matias… - Clinical nutrition, 2020 - Elsevier
Aims To analyze the association of classic and specific bioelectrical impedance vector
analysis (BIVA) and phase angle with reference techniques for the assessment of body …

The predictive role of raw bioelectrical impedance parameters in water compartments and fluid distribution assessed by dilution techniques in athletes

R Francisco, CN Matias, DA Santos, F Campa… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The aims of this study were to analyze the usefulness of raw bioelectrical impedance (BI)
parameters in assessing water compartments and fluid distribution in athletes. A total of 202 …

Classic bioelectrical impedance vector reference values for assessing body composition in male and female athletes

F Campa, C Matias, H Gatterer, S Toselli… - International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Bioimpedance standards are well established for the normal healthy population and in
clinical settings, but they are not available for many sports categories. The aim of this study …

Generalized bioelectric impedance‐based equations underestimate body fluids in athletes

G Coratella, F Campa, CN Matias… - … Journal of Medicine …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The current study aimed:(i) to external validate total body water (TBW) and extracellular
water (ECW) derived from athlete and non‐athlete predictive equations using radioisotope …

Fat-free mass bioelectrical impedance analysis predictive equation for athletes using a 4-compartment model

CN Matias, F Campa, DA Santos… - … journal of sports …, 2021 - thieme-connect.com
Bioelectrical impedance analysis equations for fat-free mass prediction in healthy
populations exist, nevertheless none accounts for the inter-athlete differences of the …

Phase angle is a marker of muscle quantity and strength in overweight/obese former athletes

CN Matias, F Campa, CL Nunes, R Francisco… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: An increasing body of evidence indicates that the phase angle (PhA) can be
applied as a marker of nutritional status, disease prognosis, and mortality probability. Still, it …