Acute weight gain and its relationship to success in high school wrestlers

(Akute Gewichtszunahme und ihre Beziehung zum Erfolg bei High School Ringern)

The purpose of this study was to investigate 1. the extent of weight gain by high school wrestlers between an evening weigh-in and the first round of wrestling the next morning and 2. the relationship between weight gain and wrestling success. Result: The difference in weigt gain (WG) and relative weight gain ( RWG) between winners and losers was significant (P < 0.05). In 74 of the 130 bouts (57%), the heavier wrestler was successful.
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Notationen:Kampfsportarten Biowissenschaften und Sportmedizin
Veröffentlicht in:Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 1998
Online-Zugang:https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Fulltext/1998/06000/Acute_weight__gain_and_its_relationship_to_success.26.aspx
Jahrgang:30
Heft:6
Seiten:949-951
Dokumentenarten:Artikel
Level:hoch