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- Title
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODY COMPOSITION AND SOME PERFORMANCE VARIABLES IN CADET JUDO ATHLETES.
- Authors
Ceylan, Bayram; Balcı, Ş. Serdar
- Abstract
Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate relationship between body composition and anaerobic power, jump and strength variables in international level cadet judo athletes. Methods: 10 cadet judo athletes (aged between 13 and 16) voluntarily participated in this study. Body compositions of the athletes were determined with bioelectrical impedance device (Tanita MC-980). Squat and active jumps were carried out by using Optojump and a treadmill (Monark) was used for Wingate anaerobic power test. Statistical significance was set at a p<0.05 level and data are expressed as mean±standard error of the mean. The relationship between the variables was investigated by using Pearson's correlation coefficient. Results: No relationship was found between body composition and squat jump, active jump and elastic strength (p>0.05). A highly significant positive relationship was determined between bodyweight, body mass index and fat-free mass and peak power, relative power values of the athletes (p<0.01). Interestingly, there was no significant relationship between jump and anaerobic power variables of the athletes (p>0.05). Conclusions: As a result, although the low number of participators was an important factor which affected correlation coefficient, it was observed that fat-free mass affected anaerobic performance in a positive way, squat and active jumps were not affected by body composition in cadet judo athletes though they include strength and anaerobic power parameters.
- Subjects
HUMAN body composition; JUDO; ANAEROBIC exercises; BIOELECTRIC impedance; STATISTICAL hypothesis testing
- Publication
Acta Medica Marisiensis, 2017, Vol 63, p58
- ISSN
2068-3324
- Publication type
Article