Table 6.
Mean (SD) segment mass (Kg) calculated for adult Caucasian male ( = 10), male swimmers ( = 10) and female swimmers ( = 8).
Estimation Method
Segment
Group
C
Y
Z1
Z2
Z3
DXA
Head
Adult male
4.34 (.22)
4.96 (.92)
5.13 (.23)
6.07 (.76)
5.74 (.76)
4.99 (.50)
Male swimmers
4.54 (.29)
5.04 (.65)
5.35 (.26)
6.37 (.67)
5.71 (.68)
5.18 (.37)
Female swimmers
3.92 (.16)
3.79 (.53)
4.85 (.18)
5.66 (.35)
4.91 (.58)
4.40 (.30)
Trunk
Adult male
39.72 (3.64)
34.10 (3.29)
33.02 (2.95)
36.05 (3.07)
32.07 (2.61)
34.08 (2.57)
Male swimmers
43.04 (4.89)
38.91 (4.46)
35.55 (4.20)
37.68 (3.72)
36.52 (3.96)
39.14 (4.02)
Female swimmers
32.80 (2.58)
27.48 (2.54)
26.71 (2.03)
31.52 (2.70)
26.02 (2.43)
28.45 (2.09)
Head + Trunk
Adult male
44.06 (3.86)
39.06 (4.00)
38.15 (3.16)
42.12 (3.46)
37.81 (3.20)
39.07 (2.97)
Male swimmers
47.57 (5.18)
43.95 (5.06)
40.91 (4.44)
44.05 (3.92)
42.23 (4.35)
44.32 (4.34)
Female swimmers
36.72 (2.74)
31.27 (2.94)
31.57 (2.19)
37.18 (2.84)
30.93 (2.65)
32.85 (2.28)
Upper arm
Adult male
2.09 (.14)
2.41 (.38)
2.06 (.18)
2.54 (.29)
2.25 (.37)
2.30 (.33)
Male swimmers
2.21 (.19)
2.87 (.46)
2.23 (.25)
2.85 (.30)
2.55 (.41)
2.61 (.42)
Female swimmers
1.84 (.09)
2.08 (.22)
1.68 (.13)
2.27 (.19)
1.78 (.20)
1.91 (.19)
Forearm
Adult male
1.27 (.12)
1.26 (.20)
1.21 (.09)
1.35 (.17)
1.20 (.26)
1.20 (.16)
Male swimmers
1.37 (.16)
1.42 (.26)
1.30 (.12)
1.48 (.24)
1.32 (.25)
1.31 (.20)
Female swimmers
1.05 (.08)
1.04 (.16)
1.03 (.06)
1.15 (.16)
.92 (.13)
.90 (.11)
Thigh
Adult male
9.70 (1.81)
9.69 (1.22)
10.90 (1.07)
10.34 (1.01)
10.90 (1.36)
9.69 (1.15)
Male swimmers
10.49 (1.96)
10.23 (1.30)
11.92 (1.40)
10.70 (1.15)
11.06 (1.30)
9.65 (1.45)
Female swimmers
8.06 (1.72)
8.83 (.86)
8.94 (.77)
9.03 (.76)
9.68 (1.01)
8.11 (.63)
Shank
Adult male
3.12 (.28)
4.03 (.55)
3.30 (.33)
3.61 (.43)
3.39 (.48)
3.46 (.44)
Male swimmers
3.37 (.37)
4.32 (.629
3.63 (.40)
3.81 (.45)
3.56 (.61)
3.58 (.51)
Female swimmers
2.58 (.19)
3.31 (.44)
2.79 (.24)
3.00 (.36)
2.60 (.43)
2.92 (.33)
(C) Chandler model; (Y) Yeadon model; (Z1) Zatsiorsky simple regression model; (Z2) Zatsiorsky multiple regression model;(Z3) Zatsiorsky geometric model (Z3); (DXA) and the proposed estimation protocol using DXA.