Comparison of Selected Body Composition Parameters in Karate Athletes: Matiegka and Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis

Year 2016, Volume 4 - Issue 4, 443 - 452, 28.12.2016

Jasmina Pluncevıc Glıgoroska Lidija Todorovska Vesela Maleska Beti Dejanova Zarko Kostovskı Sanja Manchevska

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare selected parameters of body composition obtained
with two different methods in karate athletes. A cross sectional study was conducted in 23
male karate athletes, mean age 19.78  3.63years. Matiegka protocol (MAT), which is a
classic anthropometric method, and bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), which is a
modern technique, were used to estimate body composition. Body fat percentage obtained by
MAT (14.83  1.78%) was statistically insignificantly higher than body fat mass obtained by
bioelectrical impedance (13.75  5.31 %). Body fat mass obtained with both methods was
also insignificantly different (MAT vs BIA: 11.72 2.8 kg vs 11.14  5.8 kg). Matiegka’s lean
body mass (LBM=66.76  10.63 kg) was insignificantly different from BIA’s corresponding
parameters: fat-free mass, FFM= 69.24  9.59 kg and soft lean mass, SLM = 65.339.01 kg.
The mean value of the muscle mass obtained by MAT (43.18 7.26 kg) was significantly
higher than the mean value of the skeletal mass obtained by BIA (38.52 5.69 kg). The fat
mass and body fat percentage obtained with both methods could be used interchangeably in
body composition analysis. The lean body mass parameter, estimated by Matiegka, and FatFree
Mass and Soft Lean Mass, determined by BIA, are also comparable. 

Keywords

body composition, bioelectrical impedance, anthropometry, karate

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