Acute weight gain in collegiate wrestlers following a tournament weigh-in
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Akute Gewichtszunahme nach dem Einwiegen fuer ein Turnier bei Hochschul-Ringern |
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Autor: | Scott, James R.; Horswill, Craig A.; Dick, Randall W. |
Erschienen in: | Medicine and science in sports and exercise |
Veröffentlicht: | 26 (1994), 9, S. 1181-1185, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 0195-9131, 1530-0315 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU199508102341 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
The purpose of this study was to determine the magnitude of weight gained in collegiate wrestlers between the weigh-in and beginning of tournament competition. Body weight of the qualifiers for the NCAA Division I, II, and III wrestling finals (N=668) was recorded at the official weightin and again approximately 20 h later, before the first round of competition in the tournament. The results showed that on average (+/- SD), wrestlers gained 4.9 +/- 2.4% (3.3 +/- 1.5 kg) of body weight before competing. An inverse relationship was found such that wrestlers in the lightest weight classes gained the most weight (kg) compared with heavier wrestlers (r = -0.45, P < 0.05). Despite the large mean weight gain, the mean discrepancy between first round opponents was 2.1 +/- 3.0 kg and even less when heavyweight wrestlers were excluded from the analyses (1.5 +/- 1.2 kg, N = 607). A significant correlation between weight gain and weight discrepancy of opponents was found (r = 0.65, P < 0.05). Conclusion: collegiate wrestlers, excluding heavyweights, gained significant amounts of weight (3.7 kg average) during the 20-h period prior to tournament competition. The magnitude of weight gain was positively correlated to the degree of weight discrepancy (size advantage) over the opponent; however, because weight gain of some magnitude after the weightin was common in most participants, the average discrepancy between opponents was only about 1.5 kg. Verf.-Referat