Body Composition Asymmetry in University Rugby Players: Influence of Sex, Position, and Injury
 
				Authors: Tamara R Cohen
 
				
				
				
				Affiliations
				
					1 Faculty of Land and Food Systems, Food, Nutrition and Health, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC,Canada. 
 
 
 
 
 2 Department of Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC,Canada. 
 
 
 
 
 3 PERFORM Centre, Concordia University, Montreal, QC,Canada. 
 
 
 
 
 4 Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Réadaptation (CRIR), Constance-Lethbridge Rehabilitation Centre, Montreal, QC,Canada. 
				
				
				
				Description
					
					CONCLUSION: Our results revealed the presence of side-to-side asymmetries in body composition in university rugby players between sex and position. The amount of asymmetry, however, was not associated with LBP and LLI.
				
 
				
					
					Keywords: DXA;  low back pain;  lower limb injury;  
 
				
				
				
				Links
				PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36724794/
 
				
					DOI: 10.1123/jsr.2021-0398