Body composition symmetry in aircraft pilots

The purpose of this study was to analyze the body composition symmetry in upper and lower body segments of aircrafts pilots. To reach the study aim, body composition in upper and lower body segments of 206 male aircraft pilots of the Spanish Army (23.1 ± 6.87 years) and 105 civilians (24.0 ± 6.29 years) were evaluated by a bioimpedance analyser (InBody 720, Biospace Co. Ltd., Seoul, Korea). Aircraft pilots presented a tendency to dysmetria in upper and lower body segments, showing fitter values in the protagonist side when performing flight functions. Dysmetria could be detrimental during flight manoeuvres and produce injuries in aircraft pilots. It would be recommended to design specific training protocols to improve this imbalance. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

• Autores: Curiel-Regueros, Agustín; Ardigò, Luca Paolo; Bustamante-Sánchez, Álvaro; Tornero Aguilera, José Francisco; Fuentes García, Juan Pedro; Clemente-Suárez, Vicente Javier
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2022
• Institución: Corporación Universidad de la Costa
• Repositorio: REDICUC - Repositorio CUC
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.cuc.edu.co:11323/9263
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/11323/9263; https://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/
• Palabra clave: Body composition; Body fat mass; Body water; Lean mass; Pilots; Symmetry
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Atribución 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0)