Table 4 Summary of body composition relevant measures and major findings of the reviewed studies
From: Physical performance determinants in competitive youth swimmers: a systematic review
Author | Relevant Measures | Major Findings |
|---|---|---|
Dos Santos et al. 2021 [15] | BF% | BF% amongst best predictors of 50Â m freestyle performance in backwards regression analysis, where lower BF% conducive to performance |
Bond et al. 2015 [5] | Skinfolds | Swimmers who were catagorised as "fast swimmers" had overall lower sum of skin folds than "slow swimmers" and correlated with 100 m freestyle time (r = 0.410, P < 0.01) |
de Mello Vitor & Böhme, 2010 [13] | BF% | BF% showed no relationship with performance |
Duché et al. 1993 [16] | BF% | No significant between body fat percentage and freestyle performance |
Geladas et al. 2005 [25] | BF% | No correlations between BF% and 100Â m freestyle time |
Jürimäe et al. 2007 [35] | FFM, BF% | 400 m freestyle time negatively correlated FFM (r = –0.593; p < 0.05). BF% had no relationship with 400 m freestyle performance |
Klika & Thorland, 1994 [41] | FM, LBM | 91.4 m freestyle performance positively correlated with FM (r = 0.61; p < 0.05), not LBM |
Lätt et al. 2009 [42] | FFM | FFM predicted 400 m freestyle performance in multiple regression analysis (R2 > 0.318; p < 0.05) |
Lätt et al. 2010 [43] | BF%, FFM | BF% and FFM were not significantly correlated with swimming performance |
Mezzaroba et al. 2013b [51] | LBM, FM | LBM predicted 100 m, 200 m and 400 m freestyle time in males (r2 = 0.784, 0.853, 0.743). LBM and FM predicted 100 m, 200 m and 400 m times in females (r2 = 0.524, 0.439, 0.357), respectivley |
Pardos-Mainer et al. 2015 [62] | BF%, FFM | BF% and FFM had significant correlations with 50 m freestyle time (r = -0.316; -0.516; p < 0.05) |
Saavedra et al. 2010 [76] | BF% | Positive correlations between swimming performance and BF% (r = 0.259; p ≤ 0.05), |
Seffrin et al. 2021 [78] | LBM, BF% | LBM negatively correlated with 100 m freestyle performance in males (r = -0.60; -0.83; p ≤ 0.05). BF% positively correlated with 100 m (r = 0.84; 0.85; p ≤ 0.05) and 400 m freestyle performance (r = 0.97; p ≤ 0.05) in females |
Strzala et al. 2015 [82] | LBM | 200 m breaststroke turning performance positively correlated with LBM (r = 0.38; p < 0.05) |
Strzała et al. 2019 [83] | LBM | Positive correlation between LBM and freestyle velocity (r = 0.78; p < 0.01) |