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Purpose:
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of Ramadan fasting on body composition, calorie intake and physical performance in young female athletes undertaking training sessions during Ramadan.
Asian Journal of Sports Medicine
Sports Medicine Research Center, TUMS
Effect of Ramadan Fasting on Body Composition and Physical Performance in Female Athletes
Author(s):
Amir-Hossein Memari1,*, 
Ramin Kordi2, Nekoo Panahi2, Laya R. Nikookar2, Mohammad Abdollahi2, Ali Akbarnejad31Sports Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3Faculty of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
*Corresponding Author: : Sports Medicine Research Center, No 7, Al-e-Ahmad Highway, Tehran, P.O Box: 14395-578 Iran., [email protected]. Email: [email protected]
Published online:Aug 31, 2011
Article type:Research Article
Received:May 08, 2011
Accepted:Jul 14, 2011
How to Cite:Memari A, Kordi R, Panahi N, Nikookar LR, Abdollahi M, et al. Effect of Ramadan Fasting on Body Composition and Physical Performance in Female Athletes. Asian J Sports Med. 2011;2(3):34754. doi: https://doi.org/10.5812/asjsm.34754
Abstract
Methods:
Twelve voluntary female athletes (15-27 years old) were assigned to the research. A prospective study was conducted to investigate the athletes on four different occasions: one week before Ramadan (T1), the second (T2) and fourth (T3) weeks of Ramadan, and two weeks after the end of Ramadan (T4). Food intake, body composition and physical performance (agility, balance and explosive leg power) were investigated on each occasion. Further, Physical performance was assessed by agility, vertical jump and balance tests.
Results:
There was a significant main effect for time for body composition indices. A significant decrease was observed in weight (
Conclusions:
This study has found that Ramadan fasting could affect the body composition, but not physical performance in female athletes during Ramadan.
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© 2011, Author(s). This open-access article is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which allows for unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.
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