The Relationship Between Nutritional Attitudes and Anthropometric Measurements and Agility in Elite Football Players
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 51
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Sociodemographic and lifestyle information
研究概览
简要总结
Soccer players' agility can be affected by many factors, including nutrition and body composition. The primary objective of our study is to reveal the relationship between nutritional attitudes and anthropometric measurements and agility in elite adolescent soccer players. Our secondary objective is to determine the effect of daily fluid intake and daily sleep duration on anthropometric measurements, nutrition attitude scores, and agility in soccer players. Study was conducted on 51 male soccer players aged 14-18. Information on the soccer players' sociodemographic characteristics and lifestyles was obtained via a questionnaire. Body composition analysis was measured using a Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) device, and hand grip strength was measured using a hand grip dynamometer. Height, waist circumference, and hip circumference were measured. Soccer players' attitudes toward nutrition were assessed using the Nutrition Attitude Scale (NAS), and their agility was assessed using the Agility T-Test.
详细描述
This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted between January 15 and March 1, 2024, with adolescent football players from the Tümosan Konyaspor Football Club. Sample size calculation was performed using G*Power 3.1.9.4 based on a correlation coefficient of 0.35, 95% power, and a 0.05 alpha level, resulting in a minimum required sample size of 41 participants. A total of 51 male football players aged 14-18 years were included.
Data were collected through face-to-face interviews using a structured questionnaire comprising sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics, anthropometric measurements, agility assessment, and the Nutrition Attitude Scale (NAS). Anthropometric measurements and body composition parameters were assessed using bioelectrical impedance analysis, while height, waist and hip circumferences, and hand grip strength were measured using standardized procedures. Nutritional attitudes were evaluated with the NAS. Agility performance was assessed using the Agility T-test with electronic timing.
Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS version 22.0. Descriptive statistics were calculated, normality was assessed, and appropriate parametric and non-parametric tests were applied. Relationships between variables were examined using Pearson correlation analysis, with statistical significance set at p < 0.05.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Other
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 14 Years 至 18 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- Male
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Male football players aged 14-18 years
- •At least 3 years of club-level football experience
- •Regular participation in a minimum of 4 training sessions per week (excluding matches) over the past year
- •Voluntary participation with written informed consent obtained from the participant and/or legal guardian
排除标准
- •Presence of any systemic disease affecting nutritional status
- •Locomotor pain or musculoskeletal conditions preventing evaluation
- •Failure to obtain participant and/or parental consent
研究组 & 干预措施
Healthy adolescent soccer players
This cohort consists of healthy adolescent soccer players aged 14-18 years who have been playing at club level for at least three years and have regularly participated in a minimum of four training sessions per week. This is an observational, cross-sectional study with no intervention applied. Sociodemographic characteristics, nutritional attitudes, anthropometric measurements, body composition, and agility performance were assessed.
结局指标
主要结局
Sociodemographic and lifestyle information
时间窗: Baseline (single assessment).
Sociodemographic and lifestyle information, including age, education level, disease status, smoking and alcohol use, fluid consumption, and sleep duration, will be collected using a structured questionnaire and reported descriptively as a single composite dataset.Unit of Measure: Composite descriptive variables
Hand grip strength
时间窗: Baseline (single assessment).
Hand grip strength was measured using a TAKEI T.K.K 5401 (Japan) brand hand grip dynamometer. During the measurement, the football players were asked to sit down with their elbows bent to the side at a 90° angle and squeeze the tool with all the hand strength they could (Massy-Westropp et al., 2011). Each hand grip strength trial lasted at least 4 seconds, with a 20-second rest period between trials (Valenzuela et al., 2020). Hand grip strength measurement was repeated twice on the right and left hands, and the highest measurements for each hand were determined and averaged to calculate hand grip strength.
Agility assessment
时间窗: Baseline (single assessment).
The agility assessment was performed by the researcher physiotherapist. The agility T-test is a running test in which four cones are arranged in a T-shape. Three cones were placed 4.57 m apart in a straight line, with the starting cone 9.14 m away, lying perpendicular to the middle cone. Football players were asked to accelerate to touch the base of each cone and to run forward, laterally, and backward between the cones as fast as possible. An electronic timer was used to record times in the test
次要结局
- Body Fat Mass(Baseline (single assessment).)
- Body Weight(Baseline (single assessment))
- Nutritional attitudes(Baseline (single assessment))
- Body Muscle Mass(Baseline (single assessment))
- Body Water Mass(Baseline (single assessment))
- Body Mass Index (BMI)(Baseline (single assessment))
- Waist Circumference(Baseline (single assessment))
- Hip Circumference(Baseline (single assessment))
研究者
Neslihan Altuntas Yilmaz
Principal Investigator
Necmettin Erbakan University