TY - JOUR A1 - , T1 - Body composition in 10 to 14-year-old handball players JO - Eur. J. Anat. SN - 1136-4890 Y1 - 2002 VL - 6 SP - 153 EP - 160 UR - http://www.eurjanat.com/web/paper.php?id=02030153 KW - adolescence KW - adolescent KW - anthropometry KW - article KW - athlete KW - body composition KW - body fat KW - bone mass KW - child development KW - human KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - muscle mass KW - school child KW - sport KW - subcutaneous fat N2 - This study analyses the body composition of male school children with an age range of 10-14: players from 11 league teams. The sample corresponds to 29.32% of the total population (854) and enabled us to find highly reliable conclusions. Besides the 5 specific data, we measured eight skinfolds, six lengths, eight heights, thirteen girths or perimeters, and nine diameters. The study of body composition was done following Matiegka's method. The percentage of fat mass was estimated using the equation of Slaughter et al; muscle mass by the Drinkwater and Ross formula; bone mass by Rocha's formula and residual mass by Würch's equation. The results show that these athletes are taller, weigh more and have a larger span than the athletes of other papers. From ages 10 to 14, the percentage of fat mass decreases, and a change in the distribution of subcutaneous fat is observed. ER -