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Development and Validation of a Skinfold Model for Estimation of Body Density for a Safe Weight Reduction in Young Iranian Wrestlers

BACKGROUND: Adverse effects of excessive body mass reduction among wrestlers dictate minimum weight determination through body composition. Although skinfold equations are essential to estimate body composition in the field setting, they are mostly derived from Western societies and may lack general...

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Autores principales: Riyahi-Alam, Sadjad, Mansournia, Mohammad Ali, Kabirizadeh, Yaser, Mansournia, Nasrin, Steyerberg, Ewout, Kordi, Ramin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5665110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28486018
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1941738117705837