Type of Submission

Poster

Keywords

Thoracic gas volume, NCAA college athletes, predicted thoracic gas volume, measured thoracic gas volume

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the predicted thoracic gas volume versus measured thoracic gas volume in college students, comparing NCAA collegiate athletes versus non-athletes using the Bod Pod. Forty-four college students, both males and females, athletes and non-athletes, completed a body composition test to obtain the predicted thoracic gas volume. The participants were then instructed by the Bod Pod software through the measured thoracic gas volume test. Due to low statistical power, athletes and non-athletes were unable to be compared, however, results of a two sample t-test showed that there was a statistically significant difference between measured thoracic gas volume and predicted thoracic gas volume within the population as a whole. The average predicted thoracic gas volume was 3.66 liters ± 0.103 while the measured thoracic gas volume was 4.02 liters ± 0.165. The significance level for the test was p ≤ 0.05 and the p-value obtained from the statistical analysis was p ≤ 0.001. It was concluded that within this study, there was a significant difference between the predicted and measured thoracic gas volumes of the population.

Faculty Sponsor or Advisor’s Name

April Crommett

Campus Venue

Stevens Student Center

Location

Cedarville, OH

Start Date

4-16-2014 11:00 AM

End Date

4-16-2014 2:00 PM

Creative Commons License

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Thoracic Gas Volume in Athletes and Non-Athletes

Cedarville, OH

The purpose of this study was to analyze the predicted thoracic gas volume versus measured thoracic gas volume in college students, comparing NCAA collegiate athletes versus non-athletes using the Bod Pod. Forty-four college students, both males and females, athletes and non-athletes, completed a body composition test to obtain the predicted thoracic gas volume. The participants were then instructed by the Bod Pod software through the measured thoracic gas volume test. Due to low statistical power, athletes and non-athletes were unable to be compared, however, results of a two sample t-test showed that there was a statistically significant difference between measured thoracic gas volume and predicted thoracic gas volume within the population as a whole. The average predicted thoracic gas volume was 3.66 liters ± 0.103 while the measured thoracic gas volume was 4.02 liters ± 0.165. The significance level for the test was p ≤ 0.05 and the p-value obtained from the statistical analysis was p ≤ 0.001. It was concluded that within this study, there was a significant difference between the predicted and measured thoracic gas volumes of the population.

 

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