Abstract des Autors

The Authors have evaluated the body parameters of 22 football players, aged between 16 and 19.6, from Bari Sport Association "Primavera" team by the skinfold method and by the help of a computerized program. The following parameters were considered: height, weight, 5 circumferences (wrist, forearm, arm, waist, thigh median) and 7 skinfolds according to Durnin-Womersley modified method (bicipital, tricipital, thorax, suprailiac, abdominal, anterior and posterior thigh). All data obtained were fed into a computerized program (Dietosystem) in order to evaluate body composition. Among the parameters obtained, BMI (body mass index) and FAT% (percentage of total body fat mass) were considered. 20 out of 22 football players showed normal parameters. One out of 22 football players presented instead the FAT% above the average, whereas another player showed the parameters considered at low normal limits. These two subjects, when reevaluated after an appropiate diet and differentiated training, showed a normalization of the parameters. Therefore the results obtained demonstrate that the skinfold method and the computerized system are useful in monitoring body composition. Verf.-Referat