Gender variations of body composition, muscle strength and power output in morbid obesity

BACKGROUND: Motor capabilities are reduced in obese (OB) individuals, and this impairment may result also from quantitative variation of muscle mass due to alterations in body composition. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate the differences in body mass (BM) and composition, as well as in muscle...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International Journal of Obesity 2005-07, Vol.29 (7), p.833-841
Hauptverfasser:	Lafortuna, C L, Maffiuletti, N A, Agosti, F, Sartorio, A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Body Composition Electric Impedance Epidemiology Female Females Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Humans Internal Medicine Isotonic Contraction Male Males Medical sciences Medicine Medicine & Public Health Metabolic Diseases Muscle, Skeletal - physiopathology Obesity Obesity, Morbid - physiopathology Public Health Sex Factors
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