Validade de equações de bioimpedanciometria para a predição da massa livre de gordura de atletas de futebol universitário

Abstract

The distribution of mass of is strongly related with the general levels of health and physical conditioning. For Mouad and Matthias (2015), through the body composition (BC) it is possible to know information such as size, shape, composition and genetic traits and acquired by the person or even of a population. Objective: Test the validity of prediction of fat-free mass of soccer athletes by equations of bioimpedanciometry, using the Absortometry of dual-energy X-ray as a default. Methods: The sample was composed of 39 men, of the college soccer team of Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. The measures of DXA AND BIA were collected on the same day in the laboratory of the institution. For calculation of composition by BIA was used software from Biotetronic, who proposed the equations of Segal et al. Al. (1988), Gray et al. Al. (1989), Lohman (1992) and Carvalho and Neto (1998). In the analysis of data was verified the normality, and performed a descriptive analysis of media and, standard deviation test T-Test for dependent samples (p < 0.05), linear regression models, Pearson correlation coefficients (R), the coefficient of determination (R2) and the standard error of estimate (EPE), as well as the coefficient of correlance of concordance (CCC), in addition to the method of Bland Altman. Conclusion: The results suggest that for all the equations proposed by the software of the BIA, when compared to the method of reference (DXA) the coefficients of correlation and concordance were classified as weak. There is still need for production of new equations that meet the study of a specific population or greater control of numerous variables that can alter the levels of resistance and reactance of the subject at that moment.