Fiabilité des circonférences standards dans les applications liées au domaine de la composition corporelle

Conclusion Cette étude suggère la réappréciation de la circonférence de la taille. Cette mesure n’est pas fiable pour les individus minces mais pourrait l’être pour les obèses. Il semble que la combinaison du tour de poitrine et de celui des hanches pourrait avoir une application plus générale en santé publique. Au total, ces données confirment la signification attribuable d’une série de circonférences alors que d’autres semblent douteuses ou sont rejetées. Objectives There may be no doubt that circumferences, measured at different sites of body segments, have a variety of applications. Studies using girths are often used for clinical applications but they are based on assumed logic. Within a general context, no literature is found as to the origin of choice of a particular circumference for a particular application. The purpose of this study is to relate each circumference (i) with the segmental tissue masses and (ii) with all whole body tissue masses; in order to provide a complete constitutional reliability report of each girth available. Material and methods Subsequent to an anthropometric protocol, twenty-three (9 male aged 74.8±5.7years and 14 female aged 79.2±7.3 years) well-preserved white Caucasian cadavers, of lean subjects were dissected according the 5-component model and expressed on its tissue-system level e.g. skin, muscle, adipose tissue, viscera, and bones. Results The relations range from r =0.80 to r =0.99 (P <0.01). How...
Source: Science and Sports - Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research