Browsing Norges idrettshøgskole by Subject "skinfold thickness"
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Current status of body composition assessment in sport: review and position statement on behalf of the ad hoc Research Working Group on Body Composition Health and Performance, under the auspices of the IOC Medical Commission
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Quantifying human body composition has played an important role in monitoring all athlete performance and training regimens, but especially so in gravitational, weight class and aesthetic sports wherein the tissue composition ... -
Recommended aerobic fitness level for metabolic health in children and adolescents: a study of diagnostic accuracy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Objective To define the optimal cut-off for low aerobic fitness and to evaluate its accuracy to predict clustering of risk factors for cardiovascular disease in children and adolescents. Design Study of diagnostic ... -
Tracking of clustered cardiovascular disease risk factors from childhood to adolescence
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-01-09)Clustering of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors has been found in children as young as 9 y of age. However, the stability of this clustering over the course of childhood has yet to be determined. The purpose of ...