Abstract des Autors

The body composition of 49 female intercollegiate basketball players was used to derive a sport-specific equation and to assess the applicability of the Sloan et al (population-specific) and Jackson et al (generalized) equations for use with this sample. The sport-specific equation yielded an adjusted multiple regression of .71 and a standard error of the estimate (SEE) of .0077. A comparative analysis indicated that mean body density was significantly underestimated by 0.0112 gm/ml using the Sloan and by 0.0126 gm/ml using the Jackson equations. The SEEs for the Sloan (0.073 gm/ml) and Jackson (.0085 gm/ml) equations were low; however, each equation produced a large total error (.014 and .016 gm/ml). Verf.-Referat