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The Association between Rapid Weight Loss and Body Composition in Elite Combat Sports Athletes
Rapid Weight Loss (RWL) is a rapid reduction in weight over a short period of time seeking to attain the norm required for a competition in a particular weight category. RWL has a negative health impact on athletes including the significant muscle damage induced by RWL. This study aimed to identify...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9031560/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35455842 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10040665 |
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author | Baranauskas, Marius Kupčiūnaitė, Ingrida Stukas, Rimantas |
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description | Rapid Weight Loss (RWL) is a rapid reduction in weight over a short period of time seeking to attain the norm required for a competition in a particular weight category. RWL has a negative health impact on athletes including the significant muscle damage induced by RWL. This study aimed to identify the association between RWL and body composition among competitive combat athletes (n = 43) in Lithuania. Our focus was laid on the disclosure of their RWL practice by using a previously standardized RWL Questionnaire. The body composition of the athletes was measured by means of the standing-posture 8-12-electrode multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and the electrical signals of 5, 50, 250, 550 and 1000 kHz. This non-experimental cross-sectional study resulted in preliminary findings on the prevalence and profile of RWL among combat athletes in Lithuania. 88% of the athletes surveyed in our study had lost weight in order to compete, with the average weight loss of 4.6 ± 2% of the habitual body mass. The athletes started to resort to weight cycling as early as 9 years old, with a mean age of 12.8 ± 2.1 years. The combination of practiced weight loss techniques such as skipping meals (adjusted Odd Ratio (AOR) 6.3; 95% CI: 1.3–31.8), restricting fluids (AOR 5.5; 95% CI: 1.0–31.8), increased exercise (AOR 3.6; 95% CI: 1.0–12.5), training with rubber/plastic suits (AOR 3.2; 95% CI: 0.9–11.3) predicted the risk of RWL aggressiveness. RWL magnitude potentially played an important role in maintaining the loss of muscle mass in athletes during the preparatory training phase (β –0.01 kg, p < 0.001). Therefore, an adequate regulatory programme should be integrated into the training plans of high-performance combat sports athletes to keep not only the athletes but also their coaches responsible for a proper weight control. |
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spelling | pubmed-90315602022-04-23 The Association between Rapid Weight Loss and Body Composition in Elite Combat Sports Athletes Baranauskas, Marius Kupčiūnaitė, Ingrida Stukas, Rimantas Healthcare (Basel) Article Rapid Weight Loss (RWL) is a rapid reduction in weight over a short period of time seeking to attain the norm required for a competition in a particular weight category. RWL has a negative health impact on athletes including the significant muscle damage induced by RWL. This study aimed to identify the association between RWL and body composition among competitive combat athletes (n = 43) in Lithuania. Our focus was laid on the disclosure of their RWL practice by using a previously standardized RWL Questionnaire. The body composition of the athletes was measured by means of the standing-posture 8-12-electrode multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and the electrical signals of 5, 50, 250, 550 and 1000 kHz. This non-experimental cross-sectional study resulted in preliminary findings on the prevalence and profile of RWL among combat athletes in Lithuania. 88% of the athletes surveyed in our study had lost weight in order to compete, with the average weight loss of 4.6 ± 2% of the habitual body mass. The athletes started to resort to weight cycling as early as 9 years old, with a mean age of 12.8 ± 2.1 years. The combination of practiced weight loss techniques such as skipping meals (adjusted Odd Ratio (AOR) 6.3; 95% CI: 1.3–31.8), restricting fluids (AOR 5.5; 95% CI: 1.0–31.8), increased exercise (AOR 3.6; 95% CI: 1.0–12.5), training with rubber/plastic suits (AOR 3.2; 95% CI: 0.9–11.3) predicted the risk of RWL aggressiveness. RWL magnitude potentially played an important role in maintaining the loss of muscle mass in athletes during the preparatory training phase (β –0.01 kg, p < 0.001). Therefore, an adequate regulatory programme should be integrated into the training plans of high-performance combat sports athletes to keep not only the athletes but also their coaches responsible for a proper weight control. MDPI 2022-04-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9031560/ /pubmed/35455842 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10040665 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Baranauskas, Marius Kupčiūnaitė, Ingrida Stukas, Rimantas The Association between Rapid Weight Loss and Body Composition in Elite Combat Sports Athletes |
title | The Association between Rapid Weight Loss and Body Composition in Elite Combat Sports Athletes |
title_full | The Association between Rapid Weight Loss and Body Composition in Elite Combat Sports Athletes |
title_fullStr | The Association between Rapid Weight Loss and Body Composition in Elite Combat Sports Athletes |
title_full_unstemmed | The Association between Rapid Weight Loss and Body Composition in Elite Combat Sports Athletes |
title_short | The Association between Rapid Weight Loss and Body Composition in Elite Combat Sports Athletes |
title_sort | association between rapid weight loss and body composition in elite combat sports athletes |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9031560/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35455842 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10040665 |
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