Raffaella Spada

Exploring morpho-functional and cardiometabolic parameters in elite female athletes with extreme anthropometry

Giuseppe Di Gioia, Armando Ferrera, Margherita Rigillo, Sara Monosilio et autres

Purpose Exercise-induced cardiac adaptation in female athletes with extreme anthropometry remains poorly defined. The aim of this study is to analyze cardiovascular and hematological features of female athletes with extreme anthropometric indices.Methods Olympic female athletes underwent medical evaluation including CPET and echocardiography. …

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How eating behaviours associate to body composition in European adolescents: a cross-sectional analysis from the HELENA study

Andrea Jimeno-Martínez, Miguel Seral-Cortés, Ivie Reis Maneschy, Azahara I. Rupérez et autres

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Cardiovascular and metabolic findings in elite athletes undergoing screening for Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games: insights from the Italian Olympic Screening Program

Maria Rosaria Squeo, Armando Ferrera, Andrea Serdoz, Federica Mango et autres

Summary. Background. Although pre-participation screening (PPS) has been extensively studied in summer Olympic athletes, data on winter Olympic disciplines remain limited. The aim of the study is to evaluate cardiovascular and cardiometabolic abnormalities in elite athletes selected for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter …

Assessing Body Composition in Paralympians: Accuracy of Different Measurement Methods Compared with Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry

Raffaella Spada, Valentina Cavedon, Lucrezia Macori, Amedeo Toraldo et autres

Background: Paralympic athletes represent a highly heterogeneous athletic population, which poses unique challenges for body composition assessment. This study evaluated the accuracy of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA), Air Displacement Plethysmography (ADP), and a set of skinfold equations in estimating relative fat mass …

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Assessing Body Composition in Paralympians: Accuracy of Different Measurement Methods Compared with Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry

Raffaella Spada, Valentina Cavedon, Lucrezia Macori, Amedeo Toraldo et autres

Background: Paralympic athletes represent a highly heterogeneous athletic population, which poses unique challenges for body composition assessment. This study evaluated the accuracy of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA), Air Displacement Plethysmography (ADP), and a set of skinfold equations in estimating relative fat mass …

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The Impact of Body Surface Area on Morpho-Functional and Cardiometabolic Parameters in a Large Cohort of Olympic Athletes: Distinct Bodies, Distinct Physiology

Giuseppe Di Gioia, Maria Rosaria Squeo, Armando Ferrera, Lucrezia Macori et autres

Background: Body surface area is a key determinant of cardiac morphology and function, but it is often underestimated in the interpretation of athlete’s cardiac phenotypes. Aims: This study aimed to assess the role of anthropometric characteristics and whether particularly high vs. low …

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Olympic Italian Female Water Polo Players: Analysis of Body Size and Body Composition Data over 20 Years

G Melchiorri, Marco Bonifazi, Maria Rosaria Squeo, Raffaella Spada et autres

Background: The variation in the body mass and height of players over time is called the secular trend. It has been analyzed in several team sports, but no similar studies have been conducted on female athletes playing water polo. The aim of …

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Lipid Profile And Body Composition: Comparison In Male And Female Elite Athletes

Raffaella Spada, Gabriele Luna, Eleonora Foti, Giulia Rossato et autres

The practice of a regular physical activity has a favourable effect on cardiovascular health and on reducing atherosclerotic risk. It improves endothelial function and induces changes in plasma lipid levels, determining an increase in HDL-cholesterol and a reduction in non HDL-cholesterol (LDL …

Comparing the Anthropometrics, Body Composition, and Strength Performance of Male and Female Italian Breaking Athletes: A Pilot Study

Bruno Ruscello, Gabriele Morganti, Antonio De Fano, Flavio Mancina et autres

Breaking is a performative art that has recently undergone a process of sportification, developing into an aesthetic sport included in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Despite its growing worldwide popularity, there is a lack of research on Breaking. Accordingly, this pilot study’s …

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Body composition assessment in a large cohort of Olympic athletes with different training loads: possible reference values for fat mass and fat-free mass domains

Luca Giovanelli, Giacomo Biganzoli, Antonio Spataro, Mara Malacarne et autres

Abstract Aims To assess body composition by means of BOD POD in the large cohort of Italian Olympic athletes of many sport disciplines (studied at the same time), and to provide possible reference values for body composition in elite athletes. Methods 1556 …

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Relationship between Body Composition and Cardiac Autonomic Regulation in a Large Population of Italian Olympic Athletes

Daniela Lucini, Antonio Spataro, Luca Giovanelli, Mara Malacarne et autres

Athletic performance is determined by many factors, such as cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and psychological features, which all interact simultaneously. The large Italian National Olympic Committee database of Olympic athletes offers a unique healthy population to verify the strength of the interplay …

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Associations between food portion sizes, insulin resistance, VO2 max and metabolic syndrome in European adolescents: The HELENA study

Sondos M. Flieh, María L. Miguel‐Berges, M.J. Castillo, Marcela González‐Gross et autres

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: This study aims to examine the associations of food portion size (PS) with markers of insulin resistance (IR) and clustered of metabolic risk score in European adolescents. METHODS: A total of 495 adolescents (53.5% females) from the Healthy Lifestyle …

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